MALLET, Le chef d`Escadron (fl.1817), artist, and Godefroy ENGELMANN (1788-1839), lithographer

Lot 93
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Lot 93 | MALLET, Le chef d'Escadron (fl.1817), artist, and Godefroy ENGELMANN (1788-1839), lithographer
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
MALLET, Le chef d'Escadron (fl.1817), artist, and Godefroy ENGELMANN (1788-1839), lithographer

[Collection des Uniformes de L’Armee Francais. Paris: chez Charles Picquet, c. 1817-1818.]

Complete suite of this rare collection of 12 lithographed plates of military costumes, particularly finely and fully hand-coloured, including full backgrounds. They depict the costumes of the ‘Infanterie de la Garde Royale’, and were made from the drawings of Mallet who was a squadron leader of the infantry and commissioned by the 'Commission des Uniforms' for the Ministry of War. Bobins II, 368; Colas 1954.



Folio (562 x 402mm). 12 lithographic plates after Mallet by Englemann, all finely hand-coloured, including the backgrounds (light scattered spotting on a few plates, rare thumb mark). Later quarter calf over marbled boards, preserving ?original brown paper wrappers (corners a little worn).





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