Napoleonic Uniforms [Vol. I + II, Slipcased]

Elting, John R.; John H. Gill (index)

ISBN 10: 185367737X / ISBN 13: 9781853677373

Published by Greenhill Books, London, 2007

About this Item

Complete in two (2) volumes, uniformly bound in burgundy cloth, lettered in gold foil, with color illus. pastedown on front cover of each volume, slipcased. 1st thus, with folios added and a new index by John H. Gill. As issued. [vi],426 + [iv],426 pp., illus. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Napoleonic Uniforms [Vol. I + II, Slipcased]
• Publisher: Greenhill Books, London
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 185367737X
• ISBN 13: 9781853677373
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Herbert Knötel
• Edition: First Thus.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military History

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Synopsis

No other period in history has produced such magnificent uniforms as those worn by the soldiers involved in the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleonic Uniforms is the only reference work of its kind to depict accurately the entire Grande Armée in detail. It portrays the French armies as seen by their contemporaries, and combines authoritative text with lavish illustrations. This superb two-volume set depicts in magnificent colour the uniforms of the Royal Army, Emigrant Troops, Revolutionary Armies, and the Army of Egypt. The new edition will be presented in a cloth bound slipcase. Herbert Knötel's plates, recognised by uniform specialists as being amongst the best and most accurate, fully capture all the beauty, verve and swagger of this colourful episode in military history. With more than nine hundred plates, each with an authoritative caption by Colonel John Elting, Napoleonic Uniforms is the standard source of reference on the uniforms of Napoleon's allies and opponents. Colonel John R. Elting was the foremost expert on Napoleon's Grande Armée and the armies of the Napoleonic period; his books include the acclaimed Swords Around a Throne and, with Vincent J. Esposito, the authoritative A Military History and Atlas of the Napoleonic Wars. Herbert Knötel was an acclaimed illustrator of military uniforms from a distinguished family of artists and historians. John H. Gill is the author of With Eagles to Glory: Napoleon and his German Allies in the 1809 Campaign and the forthcoming Thunder on the Danube: Napoleon's Defeat of the Habsburgs.

From Library Journal

This unique work illustrates French military costumes from the 1780s to 1830: infantry, cavalry, engineers, musicians, cadets, aviators (in a balloon corps!), fencing masters, Swiss Guards (and other foreign units under French command), and many other categories. All ranks are shown, as are the distinctive uniforms of many different regiments. Elting, a military historian, supplies informative comments on each plate. The nearly 2000 watercolors were painted for him by Knotel (d. 1963), a German authority on military costume whose father Richard (d. 1914) was in his time the world's leading expert in the field. The younger Knotel's Handbuch der Uniformkunde (Hamburg: Schulz, 1937; 7th ed.) is a classic but does not compare in beauty with the present work. Though Napoleonic Uniforms has an inadequate glossary and lacks page numbers, index, and an over-all table of contents, it is indispensable to anyone seriously interested in the subject.
- Margarete Gross, Chicago P.L.
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