This book brings together 91 colour paintings by the artist Lucien Rousselot illustrating the four regiments of the Imperial Guard Cavalry, the accompaning text provides details on the Guard regiments'' uniforms and battles.'
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This book brings together 91 colour paintings by the artist Lucien Rousselot illustrating the four regiments of the Imperial Guard Cavalry, the accompaning text provides details on the Guard regiments'' uniforms and battles.'
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. 208 pages 91 colour plates, Magnificent colour uniform plates illustrate Napoleon's key Guard cavalry units: the Dragoons (25 plates), a regiment established in 1806; the Chasseurs (27 plates), formed from Napoleon's own personal bodyguard of Guides; the Polish Light Horse (25 plates), the first foreign regiment to be part of the imperial Guard; and the Grenadiers (13 plates), the most feared of all the French army's regiments. In addition there is one vivid picture of Napoleon, wearing his favourite uniform that of the Chasseurs. Clean.
