Geschichte des Garde-Jäger-Bataillons, 1744 bis 1894. Nebst einem Anhang: Die 1. Kompagnie des I. Reserve-Jäger-Bataillons im Feldzuge 1870/71

by Rentzell [Dagobert] Von

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Berlin, Mittler, 1894. Crown quarto. Pp. x, 396. Fine aquatint heliogravure frontispiece portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II, with his facsimile signature. Plus engraved portrait of Friedrichs des Großen, and 6 superb chromolithograph plates, finished by hand, all printed on heavy paper, each with facing tissue guard, bound-in. Plus 10 folding lithograph maps and battle plans, mostly printed in two colours, some large, tipped-in or bound at rear. Approbation leaf with the Kaiser's facsimile signature. Footnotes, 7 appendices. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, bound in the original decorated dark-green cloth, royal regiment's crest gilt-stamped within gilt border with 4 ornate corner-pieces, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, lower board blind stamped, brown foliage endpapers. In fine condition. (Odd spot, spine ends very lightly rubbed.) A very handsome copy, in a fine state of preservation. Excellent. - - Second, revised edition; the first published in 1889. A very impressive production covering the history of this famous battalion. The six uniform studies by G. Kriekel are particularly charming. The chromolithographs are finely printed by C. L. Keller of Berlin with rich, dense dyes, and the hand-finishing touches add depth and gloss. With excellent cartography. Scarce. KVK lists Staatsbibliothek Berlin, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, and Göttingen only. OCLC locates one copy, in New York Public Library. .

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