Author: ARDOUIN-DUMAZET (SECTIONAL TEXTS/TRANSLATIONS),
Title: LA GUERRE [First World War; La Grande Guerre]. Tome Premier [All publ.?]. [First edition].
Description: S.I., [Paris], Librairie Armand Colin, [circa], 1915. Large oblong stout 4°. [350x290x40mm.]. Original heavy clothcovered boards. Covertitle in in nold gilded capital type, serial title in bold gilded type, large decorative gilded device printed withing a white coloured decorative double line border, gilded title and device repeated on spinelarge gilded french Coat-of-Arms tooled in centre of lower outer cover, printed within a white decorative double line border, marbled limp endpapers. [2]pp. of introduction in french280pp. of numerous french language captioned monochrome illustrations on approx. 260 leaves, translations to illustrations in english, german, french, spanish and italian on separate pp. by Ardouin-Dumazet., sectional photo records illustrating and describing daily life of troops, natural surroundings, fortifications and trenches, heavy artillery and other armament, devastations at Reims, Soissons-Arras, conquest of Alsatia, allied airforce and navies, P.O.W. and trophies, Norh sea frontlines, Verdun, the Eastern Front, plates preceded by 2pp. of translations of captions and 2pp. of introduction to subject-matter, each with a small sketch-map in text. [Documens de la Section Photographique de l'Armée, Ministère de la Guerre]. Massive sectional Photo record with introd. text to each section and translation of captions in french, english, german, italian and spanish illustrating the first phase of the First World War or Great Warillustrating both the Western and Eastern Front. Published b command of the french ministry of War. Good to very good copy. [spine skilfully rebacked).

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