Military Life in Color: French Army 1899

Description

ALBUM MILITAIRE. Paris, A la librairie du Figaro, circa 1899; oblong 4° format, half-leather binding (edges rubbed), interior: one leaf nearly detached but otherwise fine condition. Published in installments of sixteen pages each with illustrated color covers. Each page features a color photograph depicting authentic scenes from soldiers' daily life, executed from life and entirely unpublished. 15 installments covering: Infantry interior and field service; Cavalry interior and field service; Engineers and Train; Artillery foot and mounted; Naval life aboard; Fire Brigade; Republican Guard Legion and Invalides; African Army infantry and cavalry; Saint-Cyr Military Academy interior and exterior service; African Spahi troops.