CHELMINSKI (Jan V.) MALIBRAN (A.). THE ARMY OF THE DUCHY OF WARSAW. Paris, Leroy et Cie, 1913. Large volume in-folio, paperback, filled cover. Copy unclipped, spots of freckling on the back covers. FIRST EDITION. Numerous plates in black and in colour. Limited edition of 1,000 copies. ONE of 300 numbered copies on Arches paper ATTACHED: BRUNON (J. and R.). THE MAMELUKES OF EGYPT. Marseille, Collection R. and J. Brunon, undated [1963]. Large in-4 in ff. in filled cover. Traces of scotch tape on the back covers and blank pages. FIRST EDITION. 30 hors-texte plates in black and in colours. Limited edition of 900 copies. ONE of 850 numbered on gothic laid paper.

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