Geschichte der Kaiser-Garde.
Leipzig, J. J. Weber, 1848.
4to. XII, 536 pp. With 43 full-page plates (of which 39 hand-coloured, mostly wood-engraved, after H. Bellangé, E. Lami, Ch. Vernier), many smaller wood-engravings in text. Contemporary blue morocco, title lettered in gold on spine, covers gold-tooled, marbled endpapers, edges gilt.
€ 750.00
Interesting history of the Imperial Guard of Napoleon, richly illustrated with many hand-coloured military costume plates.
Binding slightly rubbed. A very good copy of a fine work on Napoleon's Imperial Guard.
References
Colas 2621. Lipperheide 48.