KUKIEL - WAR OF 1812 vol. 1-2 [complete] maps, plans ed. 1937.

KUKIEL MARIAN

WAR OF 1812

Vol. 1-2 [complete in 2 vols.]

Kraków 1937, Published by the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences; pp. 444, [XVIII], 563, set of fold-out maps; format 15.5x23 cm

Monumental work of the most outstanding pre-war Polish military expert, General M. Kukiel. The most complete Polish study of the 1812 campaign to date.

HARDCOVER FULL CONTEMPORARY LEATHER. COVERS SURROUNDED BY INTRICATE GILT AND BLIND-STAMPED BORDERS. GILT NAPOLEONIC EAGLE IN MIRROR OF COVERS. SPINE WITH RAISED SCROLLS, EMBOSSING AND GILT TITLING. EAGLE MOTIF REPEATED IN THE FIELDS.

MARBLED LINERS, PAGE EDGES MARBLED WITH THE SAME PATTERN. INTERIOR OF COVERS FINISHED WITH BLIND-STAMPED ROLL. PRESERVED PUBLISHER'S SOFT COVERS

BDB condition/BEAUTIFUL pieces