Pierre COLEAU
Les invincibles, ou gloire des armées françaises. Précis des actions éclatantes qui ont fait surnommer les Français premiers soldats du monde
A la Libraire de H. Vauquelin|à Paris 1819|10 x 17 cm|relié
Second edition, published shortly after the first on the same date. A folding frontispiece depicting a mausoleum, piled dead soldiers and generals.
Contemporary full red morocco binding with long grain. Richly decorated spine with five raised bands, a central fleuron, 2 other small fleurons and several fillets. Red morocco title-label. Covers decorated with 3 frames with corner fleurons. Fillet on leading edges and board-edges. All edges gilt. One wormhole on the upper joint at foot. Foxing. A very handsome copy.
History of the French campaigns from 1792 to 1815.
€450