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Paris: Godard, 1861. 1st Edition . Leporello. Good. Presumed First Edition, thus. A charming leporello or concertina-style binding, with 24 hand-coloured and glazed plates depicting images of soldiers and officers - many mounted on horseback. Small, measures approximately 16.5 cm x 11.5 cm closed, 16.5 cm x 262 cm when fully opened out. 1/4 cloth. Plates in VG clean condition, the binding Good but shaken/loose, with tears to the cloth along the edge of the backstrip. Owner name to front pastedown but remarkably clean and entirely free from foxing etc. No textual input other than occasional descriptive comments below the plates. A lovely item and quite scarce.
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- Bookseller
- Northern Lights Rare Books (FI)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1901200269
- Title
- L'ARMEE et la GUARDE IMPERIALE - 1861
- Format/Binding
- Leporello
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Godard
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1861
- Keywords
- the french army, foot-soldiers, cavaliers, cavalry, the imperial guard, uniforms. military uniforms, Napoleon
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...