[Rarebooks] FS: On French military heroism. Paris: 1807. w/ 115 engraved plates

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(FRANCE) Ternisien d’Haudricourt, F.   FASTEA DE LA NATION FRANCAISE ET DE 
PUISSANCE ALIEE. Ou Tableaux Pittoresques Graves par d’Habiles Artistes, 
Accompagnes d’un Texte Explicatif, et Destines a Perpetuer la Memoire... des Membres 
de la Legion d’Honneur... Paris: De la Fonderie et Imprimerie de Gille, Fils. 
1807. Folio. (4),4,(4),(40),10,(4)pp. Index. Plus an added engraved title and 
115 engraved plates, each depicting the actions of a named military hero or 
unit above a 1/2 page of engraved text citing their bravery. Cont. 1/4 calf, 
rubbed, over marbled boards. Front hinge starting but still sound. Gilt Imperial 
Russian coat-of-arms stamped on front cover. Occasional foxing.     $450.00 
(trade discount allowed)
A record of the French nation & allied forces. This is Volume I. Volume II 
was published 9 years later in 1816.

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