Between 1813 and 1819 thousands of napoleonic soldiers marched through the small german town of Elberfeld. An unknown artist painted them in 235 color plates. As a supplement to the paintings of french, prussian, russian, swedish, danish, hanseatic and other german soldiers, the book gives a complete new descrition of the illustrated uniforms. The diary of the Elberferlder citizen Johann Hackenberg makes the book complete.The book is very interesting for all napoleonic enthusiasts and collectors of uniforms or figures, as well as for reenactors. 280 pages, german text, 235 color plates, many black-and-white drawings.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Schuchardt, P. (Hrsg.)
Title
Schuchart P. (ed): Die Elberfelder Bilderhandschrift.
Details
59 pages with 235 colour illustrations of uniforms, many bw-images, large format. 280 pages.
