FIEFFE, Eugène.
Geschichte der Fremd-Truppen im Dienste Frankreichs von ihrer Entstehung bis auf unsere Tage, sowie aller jener Regimenter welche in den eroberten Ländern unter der ersten Republik und dem Kaiserreiche ausgehoben wurden.
Munich, J. Descheler 1860. 2 volumes. 8vo. With 32 full-page hand-coloured plates. Contemporary blind-stamped red cloth, decorated gilt spine with title lettered in gold, gilt edges. XXI [1 blank], 560, [1, 1 blank], IV; [4], V, [1 blank], [3] - 664 pp.
€ 1,250
First German edition this illustrated history of foreign military troops in French service by Eugène Fieffé, depicting soldiers with various ranks from many countries, such as Poland, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland and Germany. The translator F. Symon de Carneville extended the history of the foreign legion during the Krim war and the campaign against the Kabyle people in 1856-57. The original French edition was printed in Paris in 1854.
Good set from the library of Duke Max of Bavaria (1808-1898), father of 'Sisi', Elisabeth of Austria (1837-1898). Volume II lacking 1 leaf (= half-title?)). The foreign military troops in French service in full colour. Lipperheide 2321.
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