Auteur:

Gavard, Charles, b. 1794

Titre:

Galerie des maréchaux de France / par Ch. Gavard.

Édité:

Paris : Au bureau des Galeries historiques de Versailles, 1839

Nom d'imprimeur:

Fain

Endroit d'imprimeurs:

Paris

Reliure:

Moiré patterned cloth sides, gilt spine, endpapers stained in blue moiré pattern, rough trimmed.

Description:

[128] leaves : ill., 41 ports. ; 27 cm.

Language:

French

Références:

Caldwell, R. Era of Napoleon, 12044.

Notes:

Title vignette. Profiles of the military careers of 42 "maréchaux de France" of the Napoleonic era, each presented on a double leaf with decorative ill., numbered 1-42; with one exception, each profile paired with a leaf bearing a port., the ports. by various artists and engravers.

Notes locales:

Bookplate of Edward Francis Scarles.
Signature on the title-page: “à M de Legh petit souvenir de son eternel ami Brontta”
Unidentified struck through signature on title-page..
Imperfect copy: several of the pairs of profiles and ports. are misbound (1, 31, 33, 38, port. 14), others are wanting (all material for 6, 7, 22, 36, 37, port. for 5, text for 8)

Sujet(s):

France. Armée -- Officers -- Biography

France. Armée -- Officers -- Portraits

France -- History, Military -- 1789-1815

France -- Biography

Provenance:

Scarles, Edward Francis.

Scarles, Edward Francis.

De Legh.

Brontta.

Cote:

DC44.8 G38 1839