Salvete Omnes,
our world spinning around us rather fast, so back to the more tranquil steam age of XIX century and equitation literature - I was looking at the Baucher's various editions and would like to share with you several plates from the French
3rd edition - huge AD 1867 edition from archive.org world library along with some period artwork showing the French cavalry of the
2nd Empire
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title page - 3rd edition |
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English translation |
French cavalry uniform - field and parade - of the period is shown in these plates, cavalrymen performing various exerices described in the book
I especially like the lancers of the guard (Napoleon III - 2nd Empire) -
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lancers |
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kepi or the headgear of the French soldier (cavalry and infantry alike) adopted in the US and Imperial Russian armies |
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François Hippolyte Lalaisse - officer of the chasseurs a cheval |
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enjoy
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