Soldiers of the Grande Armée: Exclusive numbered watercolor edition from 1942
ROULLEAU. Soldiers of the Grande Armée 1807-1808.
Facsimile printed in an edition of 10 copies nominally attributed to Christian Ariès in 1942.
6-page foreword and suite of 98 hand-colored plates in 24 x 21 cm format.
Suite of original watercolors owned in the 19th century by the Baden Major Otto and offered before the II. World War II by the Leipzig bookseller Hierseman. Acquired by Albert Dépréaux, a member of the prestigious and confidential "Compagnie d'Elite", 10 copies of the series were published by bookseller Paul Roulleau in 1942, exclusively for Compagnie members.
Lucien Rousselot was commissioned to create the tracings of the original, while the black-and-white "Dorel" print was hand-colored.
The plates are set in a photograph album on serpente-protected leaves.
Bookplate by Ariès.
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