Author: BIGOT, CHARLES
Title: Gloires Et Souvenirs Militaires
Description: Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1894. 1st Edition. First Printing. Leather. Giraldon. Half bound in pebbled calf over marbled boards, spine in six comprtments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in one compartment, gilt tooling in remainder, double gilt borders on covers, t.e.g, marbled endpapers. Illustrated with 24 full-page, full-color plates, with head and tail-pieces engraved by MM. Rougeron and Vignerot, after the watercolours of MM. Alfred Paris, Le Blant. Delort and Maurice Orange. The cover and the four frontispieces were executed by the same engravers, after the compositions and watercolours of M. A.Giraldon. Charles Bigot (1840-1893) was a French historian, teacher, and journalist who is best known for this work, Glories and Military Memories, a highly impressive and beautifully illustrated history of the French military. The volume was based on the memoirs of several French military heros; the canonnier Bricard, Marshal Bugeaud, Captain Coignet, d'Amédée Delorme, helmsman Ducor, General Ducrot, Maurice Dupin, Lieutenant-General the Duc de Fezensac, Sergeant Fricasse, the Abbé Lanusse, General de Marbot, Marshal Marmont Duc de Raguze, Charles Mismer, Colonel de Montagnac, Napoleon I, Marshal of Saint-Arnaud, Count Philippe de Ségur, General de Sonis, and Colonel Vigo-Roussillon. Text in French.. Corners and edges very lightly shelf-worn, else fine; unmarked, tight, square, and clean, with strong hinges and all illustrations bright aand fresh. An extremely nice copy. A large, heavy book - additional shipping charges may apply. NEAR FINE. Color Plates. 4to 11" - 13" tall. viii, 272 pp. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .
Keywords: Military History French History Memoirs; Napoleon Illustrated Books First Edition Fine Binding Illustrated Books History Military, Military History & Weapons
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Title: Gloires Et Souvenirs Militaires
Description: Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1894. 1st Edition. First Printing. Leather. Giraldon. Half bound in pebbled calf over marbled boards, spine in six comprtments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in one compartment, gilt tooling in remainder, double gilt borders on covers, t.e.g, marbled endpapers. Illustrated with 24 full-page, full-color plates, with head and tail-pieces engraved by MM. Rougeron and Vignerot, after the watercolours of MM. Alfred Paris, Le Blant. Delort and Maurice Orange. The cover and the four frontispieces were executed by the same engravers, after the compositions and watercolours of M. A.Giraldon. Charles Bigot (1840-1893) was a French historian, teacher, and journalist who is best known for this work, Glories and Military Memories, a highly impressive and beautifully illustrated history of the French military. The volume was based on the memoirs of several French military heros; the canonnier Bricard, Marshal Bugeaud, Captain Coignet, d'Amédée Delorme, helmsman Ducor, General Ducrot, Maurice Dupin, Lieutenant-General the Duc de Fezensac, Sergeant Fricasse, the Abbé Lanusse, General de Marbot, Marshal Marmont Duc de Raguze, Charles Mismer, Colonel de Montagnac, Napoleon I, Marshal of Saint-Arnaud, Count Philippe de Ségur, General de Sonis, and Colonel Vigo-Roussillon. Text in French.. Corners and edges very lightly shelf-worn, else fine; unmarked, tight, square, and clean, with strong hinges and all illustrations bright aand fresh. An extremely nice copy. A large, heavy book - additional shipping charges may apply. NEAR FINE. Color Plates. 4to 11" - 13" tall. viii, 272 pp. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .
Keywords: Military History French History Memoirs; Napoleon Illustrated Books First Edition Fine Binding Illustrated Books History Military, Military History & Weapons
Price: US$ 750.00 Seller: Round Table Books, LLC
- Book number: 28589
- Book number: 28589
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