Rousset le lt colonel l (3 risultati)

First Edition. [Text in French]. Pp. 124(last colophon), pictorial title page; small cr. 8vo; light brown paper wrappers, lettered and decorated in red, edges a trifle rubbed; glassine wrapper; all edges uncut; text block slightly browned, hinges tender at a couple of points, small paper repair to short split below top fore-corner pages 24 & 25, tiny ink stain affecting one word of text on page 99, a little light foxing; Librairie Hachette, Paris, 1927. First edition. Recits d'Autrefois series. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his bookplate on verso of upper wrapper. Leonce Rousset (1850-1938) was wounded in 1870 during the Battle of Metz, before being taken prisoner by the Prussian army. After the armistice, he was released and then promoted to Lieutenant in 1873. He served in the French colonies for several years, in New Caledonia and Algeria, and carried out several topographical works in North Africa during the 1880s. He was the author of numerous historical and military publications.…

Condizione: BE. Paris, cartonnage de l'éditeur; in-4. En 2 volumes. Les 2 volumes.

[Text in French]. Seven volumes (including an atlas), totalling over 2,500 pages, with 48 plates (including a frontispiece to all text volumes), a few text maps, plus 56 double page maps in Atlas, appendices, afterword & alphabetical index Volume VI; demy 8vo; rebacked with later (not recent) brown leather spines, lettered and decorated in gilt between raised bands, original dark green cloth boards with decorative blind borders, slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed, some fore-corners lightly bruised or worn; ribbon markers; marbled endpapers; text block browned, hinges occasionally starting, the first couple of leaves loose in Volume 6, a couple of tiny edge splits, a little light foxing and occasional slight soiling; J. Tallandier, Paris, n.d.[c. 1900?]. New edition, revised and corrected. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his bookplate on the upper pastedowns. First published in 1896. Volumes I & II: L'Armee Imperiale; III: Le Siege de Paris; IV-VI: Les Armees de Province. Leonce Rousset (1850-1938) was wounded in 1870 during the Battle of Metz, before being taken prisoner by the Prussian army. He was the author of numerous historical and military publications.…