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GRAMMONT (et al.). FALLOU, Louis.
See original version (French)
139
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GRAMMONT (et al.). FALLOU, Louis.
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
GRAMMONT (et al.). FALLOU, Louis.
The Imperial Guard (1804–1815).
Paris, La Giberne, 1901.
Small square folio. Green half-maroquin with corner pieces, ribbed spine, author’s name and title in gold lettering, panels decorated with Napoleon’s golden eagle, double gold fillet bordering the panels and covers, original cover preserved [H. Moralès Poitiers].
Description:
First edition.
One of the most comprehensive and finest works on the Imperial Guard of the First Empire.
An illustrated edition featuring 450 in-text vignettes based on works by Grammont, Orange and Vallet, and 60 plates with captions based on watercolours by Chelminski, Grammont, Dupray, Orange, Rouffet and Vallet.
Limited edition of 650 copies, 600 of which are on glossy vellum; this copy is no. 402.
A very fine copy.
See original version (French)
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