LECLERC (Louis): The National Guard on horseback... - Lot 229 - Richard Maison de ventes

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LECLERC (Louis): The National Guard on horseback... - Lot 229 - Richard Maison de ventes
LECLERC (Louis): The National Guard on horseback during the siege of Paris. Memories of the Legion. Illustrated with 13 drawings by H. Lalaisse, painter and professor of drawing at the École polytechnique, 3 compositions by R. Goubie, painter, guard at the 2nd squadron of the Cavalry Legion, 8 portraits by Edmond Morin, engraved by L. Dumont. Paris, Jules Bonaventure, 1871. One volume. 19,5 by 28 cm. 1 color frontispiece-(6)-158-(2) pages. Modern brown half-chagrin, spine with 5 edges, covers preserved. Some light foxing, bookplate stamp in the upper margin of the faux-title. 24 woodcut illustrations in-text (of which 6 slightly colored later). Text framed with a red fillet. First edition of a book written by a non-commissioned officer of the mounted National Guard in 1870. Rare work, because drawn to small number on subscription.
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