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General [Charles Antoine] Thoumas. Les Anciennes Armees Francaises Exposition Retrospective Militaire du Ministere de la... (Total: 2 Items)
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General [Charles Antoine] Thoumas. Les Anciennes Armees Francaises Exposition Retrospective Militaire du Ministere de la Guerre en 1889. Paris: Librairie Artistique, 1890. First edition. Two quarto volumes. xii, [1]-218; [219]-436 pages. 16 plates with tissue guards and numerous engravings in text. French text. Beautiful half scarlet leather binding with marbled paper over boards. Titles and decoration stamped in gilt in five compartments between four raised bands on the spine. Boards worn at the edges, especially the corners and spine ends. Additional light soiling to leather. Scuffing to the spine of volume one. Scattered foxing throughout both volumes, affecting several plates, otherwise a handsome set in very good condition. An exquisitely produced work with fabulous illustrations of Napoleonic era weapons, uniforms, and accoutrements, and a history, in French, of the period.Auction Info
2009 December Signature Arms & Militaria Including Civil War Auction #6021 (go to Auction Home page)
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December, 2009
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