Bigot, Charles; Paris, Alfred; Le Blant; Delort and Orange, - Lot 450

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Bigot, Charles; Paris, Alfred; Le Blant; Delort and Orange, - Lot 450
Bigot, Charles; Paris, Alfred; Le Blant; Delort and Orange, Maurice. Gloires & souvenirs militaires. Published in Paris by Hachette & Cie in 1894. First edition In quarto / In-4 format. Blue half-chagrin with corners. Smooth spine adorned with special irons, representing a drum framed by two flags, and from which three spears emerge, gilded. Contemporary binding. VIII-272 pages, Illustrated with 24 plates hors texte in color, head and tail plates engraved by ROUGERON & VIGNEROT after watercolors by PARIS, Le BLANT, DELORT & ORANGE. 4 off-text frontispieces opposite the 4 chapters and the cover, executed by the same engravers. First edition of this collection of souvenirs and war memoirs, ranging from the revolutionary period to the 1870 war. The texts quoted by Charles Bigot are taken from Mémoires: by gunner Bricard, Marshal Bugeaud, Captain Coignet, Amédée Delorme, Helmsman Ducor, General Ducrot, Maurice Dupin, Lieutenant-General Duc de Fezensac, Sergeant Fricasse, Abbé Lanusse, Général de Barbot, Maréchal Marmont Duc de Raguse, Charles Mismer, Colonel de Montagnac, Napoléon I, Maréchal de Saint-Arnaud, Comte Philippe de Ségur, Général de Sonis and Colonel Vigo-Roussillon. Ex-libris of Dominique Labarre de Raillicourt. Interior in very good condition. Corners dulled, covers and spines rubbed. Joints of first cover split over 4cm at tail cap.
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