Ruines du Forum

View from Mary-Lafon's work, Rome ancienne et moderne depuis sa fondation jusqùa nos jours, printed in Paris in 1852 by Fourne.

Jean Bernard Mary-Lafon (1810-1884) was a French writer, historian, linguist, and playwright, part of whose work is devoted to Occitan and Occitan literature. For his work on Rome, he used engraved illustrations by the most talented French artists of the period.

Etching, finely hand-colored, in excellent condition.