2 Vols, 856 pages total, 8 x 11 inches, 570 color plates.
One of the major publishing successes of the last decade was the publication of the two volumes of Napoleonic Uniforms by John Elting with plates by Herbert Knotel. Now two more new and very handsome volumes are to be published of Napoleonic Uniforms.
No other period of history has produced such magnificent uniforms as those worn by soldiers involved in the Napoleonic Wars. This superb two-volume set depicts in magnificent colour the uniforms of more than 30 major and minor European states.
Herbert Knotel's plates, recognised by uniformologists as being amongst the best and most accurate, fully capture all the beauty, verve and swagger of this colourftil episode in military history. This entirely new superb two-volume set, Napoleonic Uniforms: Vassels and Enemies, depicts in magnificent colour more than five hundred plates, each with an authoritative caption by Colonel John R. Elting (U.S. Army, Retired. Based on meticulous research into eyewitness accounts and official regulations, Knotel's plates cover the uniforms of the infantry, cavalry, artillery and special troops of Napoleon's allies and enemies.
The contents of these two volumes of Napoleonic Uniforms are:
Vassals and Allies
Page
Confederation of the Rhine
9
Anhalt and Lippe
10
Baden
17
Bavaria
28
Cleves-Berg
42
Ducal Houses
of Saxony
46
Frankfurt
54
Hamburg
59
Hesse-Darmstadt
63
Mecklenburg
71
Nassau
75
Oldenburg
83
Saxony
86
Scwarzburg:
Waldeck: Reuss
116
Westphalia
122
Wurttemberg
154
Wurzburg
176
Denmark
181
Republic/Kingdom of Italy
197
Kingdom of Naples
253
Joseph's Kingdom of Spain
316
Republic/Kingdom of Holland
325
Grand Duchy of Warsaw
344
Enemies
Austria
375
Great Britain
417
German States, 1814-1815
452
Holland, 1814-1815
472
Portugal
482
Prussia
488
Russia
555
Spain
596
Sweden
606
Minor States
629
Emperors Press ISBN 1883476208
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