Exceptional collection of infantry flags under Louis XV and Louis XVI
FLAGS. Recueil des drapeaux d'infanterie Reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI.
Exceptional volume featuring 180 watercolor drawings based on the original manuscript collection held in the Bibliothèque du Ministère de la Guerre under the title "Drapeaux de l'Infanterie Française en 1776".
Large and imposing In folio in 1/2 Empire green morocco binding, 5-ribbed spine with gilt title, binding signed L. LEMARDELEY.
Includes an explanatory introductory leaf and table of contents.
Exceptional work in remarkably fresh condition.
Note the bookplates of the Prince de la Moskowa and the brothers Raoul and Jean BRUNON (with handwritten signature and mention).
The plates feature a full-page flag with description (regiment, date, colors).
Several sheets of drawings, tracings, a plate of a flag numbered 171bis, 11 plates of watercolor drawings of flags in the same spirit as those in the volume.
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