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height 36 cm.
"LES ANCIENNES ARMEES FRANCAISES - EXPOSITION RETROSPECTIVE MILITAIRE DU MINISTERE DE LA GUERRE EN 1890'. Two-volume work. "H.LAUNETTE ET C.ie EDITEURS - G. BOUDET, SUCCESSEUR 197 Boulevard Saint-Germain, 197 1890". First book: 218 numbered pages plus 4 index pages. Second book: 426 pages plus 4 index pages. Both volumes with numerous photographs within the text (!) of antique arms and armour and paintings, plus several full-page plates with engravings. Precious work which traces the history of arms, hoplology and French military history from the Middle Ages to Louis XIV (first volume) and from the Grande Armée to the Second Empire (second volume). In both volumes the pages are well-preserved, almost completely free of yellowing, with some staining at the edges especially in the first volume. Gold-cut upper spine. The original covers with some signs of use and time, with red leather spine and gilt imprints. Ex-libris Comte Gaston de Thannberg. Rare and interesting work.
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