The McGill University Napoleon Collection

Title:

Collection des uniformes des armées françaises, de 1791 a 1814 / dessinés par Horace Vernet et Eug. Lami.

Contributor(s):

Vernet, Horace, 1789-1863. ; Lami, Louis Eugène, 1800-1890. ; Vernet, Carle, 1758-1836.

Published:

Paris : Gide fils ..., 1822.

Binding:

Quarter bound in red calf with leather spine labels lettered in gilt, pseudo-marbled paper boards, comb-marbled endpapers, gilt tops.

Description:

4 v. : 148 col. ill. ; 28 cm. (4to)

Language:

French

References:

Colas, R. Costume, 2987, 2989 ; Horward, D. Napoleonic military hist., 204 (p. 50) ; Caldwell, R. Era of Napoleon, 6269 (re v. [1]) ; British Library General Catalogue, v. 113, p. 367 (re v. [1]) ; Brunet, v. 5, column 1144 (re v. [1])

Notes:

Lithographed plates are drawn by Carle and Horace Vernet, and Eugène Lami (Lami's plates signed "E"). Two series of plates: 100 plates in the 1st ser., 48 plates in the 2nd ser.; each ser. accompanied by descriptive text. Text: vol. [1]: xv, [172], 12, [4] p.; v. [2]: [4], 6, [78] p. On t.p. of vol. [2]: Collection raisonnée des uniformes franéais, de 1814 à 1824. 2. partie de la collection générale. Paris, Anselin et Pochard ..., 1825. Vol. [2]: De l'imprimerie de L. Cordier ...

Local Notes:

The text for each ser. is bound together in 1 vol. as 2 v. in 1, the plates of ser. 1 and 2 are bound as v. [3] and [4] respectively; in this set the plates of ser. 1 are mostly numbered 1-100, with several bearing no or various numbers, although Colas states this series to be unnumbered; most of the plates of ser. 2 are numbered, but not consecutively (Colas describes the numbers to have been erased); there is occasional variation in size of the plates; 8 extra plates are laid in: a duplicate of plate 31, ser. 1, a duplicate of the 2nd plate of ser. 2, and 6 duplicates (different colouring) of the plate numbered "26" in ser. 2.