Les français peints par eux-mêmes, Encyclopédie morale du dix-neuvième siècle, Tome cinquième: Emile de la Bédollierre, L'armée - Raoul de la Barre, Les écoles militaires - A. Legoyt, Le garde national - auteurs diverses, autres types.

(collectif) (Émile de la Bédollierre, Raouel de la Barre, A. Legoyt, etc. )

L. Curmer, 'Éditeur, Paris, 1842

Large 8vo (26x17 cm). Contemporary calf, spine gilt, with ribbons, gilt borders around covers; marbled endpapers (some damage, mainly to the corners, with lays of leather missing). (ii: engraved title coloured by hand), (ii: title), (ii: dedication) cviv, (ii: portrait of Napoleon), 376,(x) pp. With engraved title and 62 (of 63) steelengravings coloured by hand, of which 40 military costumes or military scenes. Pp. 1-200: 'L'armée, 'Les écoles militaires' and 'Le Garde national'. A few quires browned; brown spots as usual, but not affecting the plates. - Unfortunately 1 plate "École de Saint-Cyr" missing. - Plates in vivid colors and heightened with varnish.