Regulations for the Uniform & Dress of the Army of the United States, June, 1851.; From the original Text and Drawings in the War Department
Philadelphia: William H. Horstmann and Sons, 1851. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. [5], 6-13, [1] pp. Twentieth-century black cloth with gold lettering on the front board. Later endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with 25 plates, lithographs, (five chromolithographs, several others hand-colored). Colas 2520. A vivid, bright representation of military dress and equipment. An uncommon and important book on the history of nineteenth-century U.S. Army uniforms. Good or better. Item #000015518
The binding is sharp, several leaves with a dampstain (mostly mild), leaves toned, drawing of the saddle for Officers of Ordnance in the upper left corner of plate 25 has been cut out.
Price: $1,500.00




