D'ORLÉANS Ferdinand-Philippe (1810-1842) - Lot 11

D'ORLÉANS Ferdinand-Philippe (1810-1842) Récits de campagne published by his sons the Comte de Paris and the Duc de Chartres - 250 woodcuts after Ary Scheffer, Delaroche, Ingres, Vernet... Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1892. In-4° black half-chagrin with corners, gilded fillets on covers, ribbed spine decorated with gilded fleurons, title in full, gilded head, covers preserved. XXIII pp. including masthead, title, introduction, 483 pp. and [1] p. table. Portrait-frontispiece of the Duc d'Orléans after Ingres, numerous engravings in text, some full-page, complete with 2 folding maps in fine of the Mascara and Portes de fer expeditions. Minor wear to edges of binding, slight rubbing to boards, nerves rubbed. Some foxing to endpapers, small pen mark to margin of p. 183, marginal browning to second map. First illustrated edition, and the first in large format. Extensive biographical index (13 pages) of the officers named in the work. Vicaire VI, 282.