Les Coiffures de l'Armée Francaise: Revue Mensuelle Illustrée -- Ire Partie Etat-Major 1815-1900 and IIe Partie Maison du Roi 1814-1830 & Garde Royal 1815-1830

Paris: Leroy, 1909. Hardcover. viii, 64 pages, 30 leaves of color plates: in-text color illustrations and line drawings; 34 cm. Brown library buckram with gilt spine title. Bound in are the original plain wrappers for the parts, which were issued from 1909 to 1913. Ex-library with bookplate of the Free Library of Philadelphia on the front fixed endpaper, stamped "withdrawn"; perforated stamp on first wrapper; accession number stamped at lower edge of first page of Preface. Contents: Les Coiffures de l'Etat-Major général de 1815 a 1900 -- d'Etat-Major et Aides de Camp -- Les Coiffures de la Maison du Roi 1814-1830 -- Les Coiffures de la Garde Royal 1815-1830 -- Les Coiffures des Grenadiers a Cheval -- Les Casques des Cuirassiers et des Dragons -- Le Shapska des Lanciers de la Garde Royale. A scarce and heavily illustrated study of the headgear of the French army in the 19th century. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. In Very Good Condition: rubbed; first front wrapper (being used as title page) is detached but present; first leaf of Preface is detached with old repair; otherwise, clean and solid. Very Good. Item #011769

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