Galerie militaire. Paris, Martinet, Hautecœur... Lot 311

Galerie militaire. Paris, Martinet, Hautecœur frères and Déro-Becker, no date [ca. 1860]. In-4°. 104 watercolor and gummed lithographs, mounted on tabs. Red half-maroquin with corners, spine with 5 false nerves, gilt title, gilt head (Binding of the period). The lithographs are mounted in this order: Military Gallery No. 2, 7, 15, 22, 28, 32, 40, 48, 50, 52, 60, 63, 68, 72, 80, 103, 112, 120, 151, 202, 208, 264, 66, 75, 76, 91, 110, 118, 148, 159, 166, 204, 206, 214, 241, 240, 248, 259, 262, 277, 74, 88, 97, 107, 117, 145, 157, 95, 131, 176, 138, 181, 185, 197, 220, 223, 226, 261, 271 281, 291, 294, 296, no number [42 added in pencil, General Count d'Houdetot], 295, 297, 298, 299, 300, 312, 383, 338, 346, 342, 348, 349, 350, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 385, 387, 386, 333, 388, 390. French Army (No. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 29 (Gendarme of Africa), 29 ((Spahis, Senior Officer and Cavalier), 30, 31, 38, [42], 46, 47, 54, 61); French Army 1815 to 1830 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (French Army, 1829), 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 (French Army (1816), 17, 18, 19); French Army 1840 (24, 26, 28, 31, 37, 40); French Army 1841 (26, 35, 42); French Army 1842 (36, 43, 44, 45); French Army 1843 (48, 49, 50, 53); French Army 1844 (56); French Army 1845 (57); French Army 1847 (58, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65); French Army 1851 (71); French Empire (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, number corrected in ink to 34 (Chasseurs d'Afrique à Cheval), illegible no. (Officiers de Spahis (Armée d'Afrique)), 34, 36) Drawings by Bour, L. David, F. Bastin, V. Adam, or monogrammed AR and ZC. Some foxing, plate #5 of the "French Empire" is affected by a smudge; spine unstained. Nice set however.