Author: Bellangé, Hippolyte.
Title: Die Soldaten der französischen Republik und des Kaiserreichs. [TOTAL OF 51 PLATES].
Description: Leipzig, Weber, 1843. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Crown quarto. Pp. x, 364, (4). Plus wood engraved, tinted allegorical title-page with several illustrations and motifs. Plus 50 contemporary hand-coloured wood engraved plates, each with facing tissue guard. Half-title present. HARDCOVER, bound in the original half calf and pebbled cloth, spine richly decorated in gilt, beautiful marbled endpaper; corners chafed. In a very good binding and with fine interior, with all the plates in superb condition, free of any sign of age. ~ FIRST EDITION. Uncommonly, all the wonderful plates in this particular copy are bound together as one section at the end of the book. They are bound in accordance with the called-for order. This rare arrangement allows viewing the plates as a whole, being a complete visual part of the work. D-2 .

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