— La Vieille Garde Imperiale

Tours, Maison Alfred Mame et Fils, c1900. Leather. A colourfully illustrated history of Napoleon's Old Imperial Guard, and interesting look at the Napoleonic Wars. In the original French.A military history of France, looking at the Imperial Guard that was under the direct command of Napoleon.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, eighteen colour plates, and in-text engravings.Collated, complete.Illustrated throughout by Job, the pen name of Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. In a quarter morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, smart. A little wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just a couple of very light spots. Near Fine . Ill.: Job. Near Fine .