Napoleonic uniforms, vols 1 and 2

 
From the publishers
This is the presentation re-edition of colonel John Elting's remarkable compendium of Napoleonic uniforms. It is the only reference work of its kind to depict accurately the entire Grande Armée in detail. It […] portrays the various types of soldiers within the various regiments of the Grande Armée – officers, sergeants, color-bearers, bandsmen, drummers and trumpeters, privates and surgeons. In addition the volumes contain material on lesser-known formations such as the Army of Egypt (1798 – 1801), the pre-Revolutionary French Army, and Napoleon's police and internal security organizations. It includes nine hundred and eighteen original watercolors by Herbert Knötel, an […] acclaimed authority on military uniforms […]. Together with the late Colonel John R. Elting's definitive captions, they preserve a significant aspect of this famous era for historians, researchers, teachers, students, model makers, “uniformologists”, and the general reader interested in this historical period. Includes an index not present in the earlier edition.
 
About the author
Colonel John Elting was an eminent specialist on Napoleonic militaria. Other publications include the 'essential' A military history and atlas of the Napoleonic wars (with Vincent J. Esposito), London: Greenhill Books; Pennsylvania, Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 1999.
 
About the illustrator
Herbert Knötel was an extraordinarily prolific painter of military costume and recognised, alongside Bucquoy, as one the best of his period.
 
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