52 pages, illustrated with 12 engraved plates, bound in period calf decorated with gilt and blindstamping, recent calf rebacking with hinges reinforced, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, calf rather rubbed but stabilized and in archival mylar jacket, inside with moderate foxing, more so to outer leaves and plates: Good+
Scarce collection illustrating the Cossacks (irregular cavalry units from the Russian Empire of various backgrounds) who occupied Paris following Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. The Cossacks presence and unexpected mannerisms impressed the residents of Paris and captured their imagination for years to come. This collection of images of the occupying soldiers captures these individuals with great care and detail, forming an important anthropological record of the features, costume, and weapons of several groups of early 19th-century Cossacks.
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- Binding Condition: Good (rebacked)
- Overall Condition: Good+
- Size: Folio
