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BELLANGE, Hippolyte.
Die Soldaten der franzosischen Republik und des Kaiserreichs.
First German edition depicting the uniforms of the French army. I. The French Army from the Outbreak of the Revolution to the Peace of Campo-Formio. II. The French Army from 1797 to 1800. III. The French Army under the Empire.
- Published
- Leipzig: J.J. Weber, 1843.
- References
- Colas 288; Hiler p. 78; Lipperheide 2316;
- Plates
- 50
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Leipzig: J.J. Weber, 1843.
- Ref
- 1413
[The soldiers of the French Republic and Empire.] 4to. Original gilt and blind decorated buckram boards with attractive marbled edges. Spine elaborately decorated in gilt with a title. Floral design endpapers. Neatly re-backed, preserving the original spine; hinges have been strengthened. Slight shelf wear only, otherwise in good condition. With a wood-engraved title and 50 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates with tissue guards after Bellang. MS ink signature on front free end paper. The first German translation of "Histoire de l'empereur Napoleon (1840) enlarged with six new plates. The author describes the history of the French army from 1792 until the fateful year of 1812. The 50 detailed and brightly coloured plates show the soldiers of the different regiments in their respective costumes and include portraits of Bonaparte, Eugen Beauharnais, Joachim Murat, and Joseph Poniatowsky. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. Bonaparte. Oberbefehlshaber der Armee von Italien. 2. General der Republik und sein Guide. (1795) 3. Husar. (1795) 4. Linien-Cavallerie. (1795) 5. Linien-Infanterie. (1795) 6. Officier der Leichten Infanterie. (1795) 7. Capitain der Marine. 8. Dromedar-Regiment. (1798.) Egyptische Armee 9. Der Kaiser Napoleon. 10. Kaiserliche Garde. Gendarme von der Elite. 11. Kaiserliche Garde. Mameluck. 12. Eleve der Polytechnischen Schule. (1812.) 13. Ordonnanzofficier des Kaisers. 14. Karabinier. (1805.) 15. Linieninfanterie. Tambour / Grenadiere der Kaiserlichen Garde. Tambour-Major. 16. Kaiserliche Garde. Fuselier-Grenadier. Paradeanzug. 17. Kaiserliche Garde. (L) Jager-Sergent zu Fuss in gewohnlichem Sommer-Dienstanzuge / (R) Jager zu Fuss in vollstanigem Sommer-Dienstanzuge. 18. Kaiserliche Garde. Dragoner. 19. Kaiserliche Garde. Grenadier zu Pferde. 20. Kaiserliche Garde. Sappeur vom Genie. 21. Linien Infanterie. (1808.) Grenadier --- Voltigeur. 22. Kaiserliche Garde. Lanciers. 2nd Regiment. 23. Dragoner und Dragoner-Sapeur. (1809.) 24. Kaiserliche Garde. Tirailleur und Voltigeur. 25. Artillerie-Train. --- Fuss Artillerie (1809.) 26. Leichte Infanterie. Voltigeur. Karabiner. (1809.) 27. Kurassier. (1809.) 28. Husar. (1809.) 29. Kaiserliche Garde. Grenadier. (3rd hollandisches, Regiment). 30. Kaiserliche Garde. Zogling. 31. Polnische Legion. Regiment der Weichsel. (1810) 32. Divisionsgeneral und sein Adjutant. (1812) 33. Schweizerregiment. (1812.) Grenediere. 34. Kaiserliche Garde. (1812) Pauker der polnischen Lanzenreiter ---- Trompeter der Jager zu Pferde. 35. Franzosischer Chevau-Leger. (1812.) 36. Artillerie zu Pferde. (1812.) 37. Polnischer Lanzenreiter. (1812.) 38. Karabinier. (1812.) 39. Eugen Beauharnais als Oberst der Jager zu Pferde (Kaiserliche Garde). (1804-1809) 40. Joachim Murat. 41. Joseph Poniatowsky. 42. Kaiserliche Garde. Seesoldat. 43. Jaeger zu Pferde. (1814) 44. Ehrengarde. (1814) 45. Kaiserliche Garde. Grenadiere. Soldat / Officier. 46. Kaiserliche Garde. Fussartillerie und Train. 47. Kaiserliche Garde. Reitende Artillerie. 48. Kaiserliche Garde. Lanciers. Erstes Regiment. 49. Kaiserliche Garde. Reitende Jager. Officier. 50. Invalide.
