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The military costume of Europe; exhibited in a series of highly-finished military figures, in the uniform of their several corps; with a concise description, and historical anecdotes; forming memoirs of the various armies of the present time
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About This Item
London: Military Library, No. 1, Pall-Mall; and Duke-Street, Portland-Place: T. Goddard; and J. Booth., 1812. American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Complete With All Ninety Six Hand Coloured Military Plates First editions, two volumes, small folio, in contemporary long grained morocco, elaborate gilt and blind tooling. Re-backed spines, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling & titles, edges bumped & lightly worn. Internally Vol 1, 1812, [6], followed by 47 pls, all hand coloured, each with a leaf of descriptive & historical text. Vol 2, 1812, [2], 49 hand coloured plates each with a leaf of descriptive text. Red endpapers, a.e.g., gilt tooling to board edges and turn-ins. Vol 1 has its title page + an additional title page for Vol 2 (both 1812), occasional minor offsetting or soiling. There were later editions published in 1814 & 22. Overall an excellent example. (356*260 mm). (Colas 2058; Lipperheide 2115). In addition to the French, Italian, Dutch, Austrian, Saxon, Prussian, Russian, Swedish, Danish and Spanish armies, the following British regiments are illustrated: 1st and 2d life guards; horse guards blue; 5 dragoon guards; 7th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 17th, 18th light dragoons; horse and foot artillery; 1st, 2d, 9th, 25th, 73d, 79th, 87th, 95th and 97th regiments of foot; besides groups of troops of the line, light troops and foreign troops in the pay of Great Britain.
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007894
- Title
- The military costume of Europe; exhibited in a series of highly-finished military figures, in the uniform of their several corps; with a concise description, and historical anecdotes; forming memoirs of the various armies of the present time
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- American Edition
- Publisher
- T. Goddard; and J. Booth.
- Place of Publication
- London: Military Library, No. 1, Pall-Mall; and Duke-Street, Portland-Place
- Date Published
- 1812
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Weight
- 10.58 lbs
- Keywords
- Military costume dress colour
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military; Costume Dress Fashion;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Madoc Books
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Llandudno, Conwy
About Madoc Books
We are close to the beach and the wonderful Snowdonia National Park. Dealing in Fine & Rare Antiquarian books in the heart of North Wales. We have a general stock of rare books, which include, but are not limited to: history, topography, private press and items with a Welsh interest.
We are keen to buy similar antiquarian books.
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- Re-backed
- Describes a book that has had the material covering the spine replaced or joints mended.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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