Prosper Merimee, French author, historian and archaeologist Finish:Rolled Fancy dress parade with a

Fancy dress parade with a 1957 Cadillac

Five years later

His publications include An Introductory Treatise on the Lunar Theory (1896) and Tables of the Motion of the Moon (1919)

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Prosper Merimee, French author, historian and archaeologist Finish:Rolled Fancy dress parade with aProsper Merimee, French author, historian and archaeologist, 1861. Merimee (1803 1870) is best remembered for his novella Carmen which was the inspiration for Bizet's opera of the same title. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855 1915, 7th album, Editions MD, Paris.