Collection of 4 works on cavalry under the Empire and Restor - Lot 157

Collection of 4 works on cavalry under the Empire and Restoration, in 5 volumes. 1. Ordonnance provisoire sur l'exercice et les manœuvres de la cavalerie, drafted by order of the Minister of War. Du 1er vendémiaire an XIII [23 septembre 1804]. Third edition. Followed by the Instruction du 24 septembre 1811, sur l'exercice et les manœuvres de la lance. Paris, Magimel, 1815. 2 volumes. 9.5 by 17 cm. (4)-XXIII-(1)-498 pages (for the text volume) and 12 pages + 12 music plates (on 4 unfolded ff.) + 76 plates h.t. + 49 unfolded plates h.t. (for the plates volume). Complete. Contemporary half-basane, minor restoration to 2 hinges and corners, otherwise good condition. Light spotting on the false title, title and last f. of volume 1, as well as in the margins of a few leaves, one page of the text volume restored, but not missing. Some foxing, mainly in the text. Very good condition. 2. [SAINTE-CHAPELLE (Alfred-Marie-Gaston)]: Foreign cavalry. German cavalry. History - Organization - Recruitment - Advancement - Administration - Training and discipline. With 42 engravings (portraits, ancient and modern uniforms, battle plans, etc.). Paris and Nacy, Berger-Levrault et Cie, 1892. One volume. 15 by 24 cm. IX-(1)-782 pages. 20th century full cloth, upper cover preserved (small traces of scotch tape). Stamp of a former owner. A good copy. In-text illustrations, including 12 full-page. First edition. Mennessier de La Lance, II-p. 181. By a senior officer of the French cavalry. 3. Livret provisoire de commandemens pour les évolutions de ligne des troupes à cheval. Paris, F.G. Levrault, 1826. One volume. 11 by 19.5 cm. 16 pages-28 unencumbered tables-25 folding plates. Publisher's printed boards. Spine worn. Very rare foxing, for a copy in good condition. Edition published the same year as the original. Mennessier de La Lance II-p. 113 (E.O.). "At that time, the ordinance of the year XIII was still in force, but work had begun on its revision, which resulted in the ordinance of 1829. This provisional booklet is rather curious because it marks a period of transition that was unfortunately not, for our regiments, a period of simplification." (Mennessier de La Lance). 4. [PREVAL (General)]. Règlement provisoire sur le service intérieur des troupes à cheval, dont l'exécution est ordonnée par S. Exc. M. le Duc de Feltre, ministre secrétaire d'Etat au département de la guerre. Paris, Magimel, Anselin et Pochard, 1816. One volume. 13.5 by 21.5 cm. (6)-XLIV-337-(1) pages. Paperback, in contemporary dust jacket. Cover in fair condition. Untrimmed copy, corners a little bent, minor interior defects, not serious. First edition.