Les Coiffures de l'Armée Francaise: Revue Mensuelle Illustrée -- IIIe Partie Infanterie 1791-1900

Paris: Leroy, 1909. Hardcover. 56, 56 pages, 42 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 1911. Ex-library with bookplate of the Free Library of Philadelphia on the front fixed endpaper, stamped "withdrawn"; perforated stamp on first wrapper; accession number stamped at lower edge of first page of text. Contents: Les Coiffures de l'Infanterie de 1791 a 1815 -- Les Coiffures de la Maison du Roi 1814-1830 -- Les Coiffures de Tetes de Colonnes d'Infanterie -- Les Coiffures de l'Infanterie de 1815 a 1900. 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; several pages are detached but present; chipping along fore-edge of a few leaves; otherwise, clean and solid. Very Good. Item #011770

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