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Hand-colored plates of the French Imperial Guard
Paris, 1811
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Hand-colored plates of the French Imperial Guard
Paris, 1811
Galerie des Enfans de Mars. Offrande à sa Majesté l’Impératrice et Reine. Paris: Chez Martinet, [1811].
First edition, complete, of a suite of hand-colored plates showing uniformed officers and members of the French Imperial Guard. The first plate, entitled “Troupes françaises,” depicts Emperor Napoleon on horseback leading his army to battle. According to Colas, this suite of plates is an extract from the series Troupes françaises, premier Empire, published contemporaneously by Martinet. It was also available in large-paper. Colas 1157; Vinet 2249.
Folio (302 x 214mm). Engraved title page; 46 hand-colored engraved plates, some with engraved plate numbers and captions and some with the same added in ink. Contemporary embossed red glazed paper gilt over boards, in a modern clam-shell box (a little rubbed). Provenance: Unidentified ink stamp – Ferdinand Casper Koch (1873-1957; bookplate).
Paris, 1811
Galerie des Enfans de Mars. Offrande à sa Majesté l’Impératrice et Reine. Paris: Chez Martinet, [1811].
First edition, complete, of a suite of hand-colored plates showing uniformed officers and members of the French Imperial Guard. The first plate, entitled “Troupes françaises,” depicts Emperor Napoleon on horseback leading his army to battle. According to Colas, this suite of plates is an extract from the series Troupes françaises, premier Empire, published contemporaneously by Martinet. It was also available in large-paper. Colas 1157; Vinet 2249.
Folio (302 x 214mm). Engraved title page; 46 hand-colored engraved plates, some with engraved plate numbers and captions and some with the same added in ink. Contemporary embossed red glazed paper gilt over boards, in a modern clam-shell box (a little rubbed). Provenance: Unidentified ink stamp – Ferdinand Casper Koch (1873-1957; bookplate).
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