Books in the Soldiers, Weapons & Uniforms - 800 series

We are is glad to presents the complete collection of the great job made by A.V. Viskovatov dedicated to the uniforms and weapons belonging from the first Zar and Russian emperors to the Russian army during the Napoleonic period, until 1860 about. The time we considered in this volume corresponds to the reigns of Nicholas I that was the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855. He was also the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland. He is best known as a political conservative whose reign was marked by geographical expansion, repression of dissent, economic stagnation, poor administrative policies, a corrupt bureaucracy, and frequent wars that culminated in Russia's defeat in the Crimean War of 1853-56. Our reprint in based on the original 19th century volumes. This part is distributed at now on six volumes. Our new edition, the first ever published in English, both on paper and digital format, boasts a large number of color plates, many of them unpublished and re-coloured by our team of expert artists and scholars of uniformology. Each volume is based on 100 color plates or more, always accompanied by the original translated text which describes the subjets of the plates. A unique work in its genre, a must have in any respecting collection!

We are glad to presents the complete collection of the great job made by A.V. Viskovatov dedicated to the uniforms and weapons belonging from the first Zar and Russian emperors to the Russian army during the Napoleonic period, until 1860 about. The time we considered in this volume corresponds to the reigns of Nicholas I that was the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855. He was also the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland. He is best known as a political conservative whose reign was marked by geographical expansion, repression of dissent, economic stagnation, poor administrative policies, a corrupt bureaucracy, and frequent wars that culminated in Russia's defeat in the Crimean War of 1853-56. Our reprint in based on the original 19th century volumes. This part is distributed at now on six volumes. Our new edition, the first ever published in English, both on paper and digital format, boasts a large number of color plates, many of them unpublished and re-coloured by our team of expert artists and scholars of uniformology. Each volume is based on 100 color plates or more, always accompanied by the original translated text which describes the subjets of the plates. A unique work in its genre, a must have in any respecting collection!

We are is glad to presents the complete collection of the great job made by A.V. Viskovatov dedicated to the uniforms and weapons belonging from the first Zar and Russian emperors to the Russian army during the Napoleonic period, until 1860 about. The time we considered in this volume corresponds to the reigns of Nicholas I that was the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855. He was also the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland. He is best known as a political conservative whose reign was marked by geographical expansion, repression of dissent, economic stagnation, poor administrative policies, a corrupt bureaucracy, and frequent wars that culminated in Russia's defeat in the Crimean War of 1853-56. Our reprint in based on the original 19th century volumes. This part is distributed at now on six volumes. Our new edition, the first ever published in English, both on paper and digital format, boasts a large number of color plates, many of them unpublished and re-coloured by our team of expert artists and scholars of uniformology. Each volume is based on 100 color plates or more, always accompanied by the original translated text which describes the subjets of the plates. A unique work in its genre, a must have in any respecting collection!

Le tavole presentate in questo volume provengono da due antichi e rarissimi volumi appartenenti alla nostra collezione e a quelle dei nostri collaboratori. Essi contengono alcune decine di tavole litografiche in grande formato splendidamente illustrate.Il primo è opera di due insigni artisti contemporanei: Lorenzo Pedrone e Francesco Gonin e fanno riferimento all'esercito di Sua Maestà il re di Sardegna negli anni immediatamente precedenti la prima guerra di Indipendenza del 1848.Si tratta di 30 tavole accompagnate da cartigli indicanti alcune note uniformologiche. Nella seconda parte invece presentiamo una raccolta di 20 tavole litografiche a cui sono state aggiunte 2 tavole di dimensione doppia al termine del volume, relative alla guerra di Crimea del 1854-55, alla Battaglia di Cernaja e ai piemontesi sotto le mura di Sebastopoli. Ogni tavola è accompagnata da una nota didascalica descrittiva l'evento rappresentato in seconda pagina. Le tavole sono tutte relative a eventi di guerra avvenuti sul campo di battaglia, vi sono ritratti eroi morenti, militari e scene d'insieme.