L’Armee Francaise: An illustrated history of the French Army 1790-1885 by Edouard Detaille. Text by Jules Richard. Translated into English by Maureen Carlson Reinertsen. This edition published in 1992 by Waxtel & Hasenauer with the Quantum Printing Company, New York, USA copyright © Waxtel & Hasenauer 1992. ISBN 0 9632558 0 0
L’Armee Francaise – An Illustrated History of the French Army 1790 – 1885 was previously published in two volumes under the title L’Armee Francaise – Types et Uniformes, by Boussod, Valadon and Company at Asnieres-sur-Seine, 1885-1889. The original drawings were composed and executed from 1883-1888.
The text of this English version is based on a translation by Maureen Carlson Reinertsen. A glossary of foreign retentions and military ranks has been included.
354 page large format clothbound book with dust jacket, measuring 9.25” x 12.25” containing over 300 black and white illustrations and a separate section of 21 colour plates dividing the two volumes.
An illustrated history of the French Army from the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars through to the Crimean and the Franco-Prussian War.
Condition new and unused.
Please note the high postage and packing costs on this item. The book alone weighs 1.66 kg.
