421 - Louis Fallou, (director of the Giberne).
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Louis Fallou, (director of the Giberne). The Imperial Guard 1804-1815. Paris, La Giberne, 1901. Volume in folio, ribbed leather spine stamped with an eagle. Page 2 printed "To Monsieur Edouard Detaille, the author of the most beautiful pages ever written on the French army, I gratefully dedicate this book". L. Fallou Paris 1901. Illustrated with 450 drawings in the text by E. Grammont, M. Orange, Vallet and an out-of-text composition in colour. Copy no. 137. The 60 colour plates have not been included in this edition. An edition of 650 copies, numbered "n° I à L" on Japon paper and "1 à 600" on glazed vellum. One handwritten page with vignette Garde impériale, Garde d'honneur, 3e régiment, 1er escadron, 12e compagnie, à Versailles le 13 septembre 1813. Presented by the trumpeter of the Guards of Honour of the 3rd Regiment to Monsieur Frichet, in memory of his visit to Toulouse, September 1813. Ink stamp with description of the colours and plumes of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Regiments.

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421 - Louis Fallou, (director of the Giberne). See original version (French)

421 - Louis Fallou, (director of the Giberne).
See original version (French)