NAPOLEON L`IMAGE POPULAIRE PONIATOWSKI SKRZYNECKI

NAPOLEON par l'Image Populaire. Portraits-Scenes-Batailles. No. 1-2. Paris 1912- 1913: Pellerin et Cie. folio, [4], col. plates 30; [4], col. plates 30. original binding in 2 portfolios. Missing portfolio for part 1 - replaced by portfolio of part 2. Folders with traces of moisture and cracked spines, part 2 lacks one leaf. Condition of boards very good to good. Issued in an edition of 300 numbered pieces, this one numbered 168. Attached to part 2 is a leaflet advertising the publication. Boards in colored woodcut, on sheets ca 48x63 cm. Among the plates of part 2 the portraits deserve special attention: - plate 17: Portrait of "Gloire Nationale, Poniatowski". Epinal [1838]. De la Fabrique de Pellerin, Imprimeur-Libraire. Woodcut colored on ark. 63x48 cm. Portrait by François Georgin. In the center of the composition bust of Prince Joseph Poniatowski in uniform. Around the figure a laurel wreath, a panoply and two cannon barrels with the places of battles inscribed. At the top an eagle holding in its talons the cross of the Legion of Honor. Below, a view of the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig - scene of the prince's death in the currents of the Elster River. In the lower margin a short biography of the prince in French. On the back the imprint: "17th Gloire nationale: Poniatowski". J. Poniatowski (1763-1813) - prince h. Ciołek, General of the Polish Army, Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Army of the Duchy of Warsaw, Marshal of France, died in the currents of the Elster River during the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 - Plate 18: Horse portrait "Skrzynecki, Commandant en Chef les Armees polonaises". Epinal [1838?]. De la Fabrique de Pellerin, Imprimeur-Libraire. Woodcut colored on ark. 63.5x48 cm. Horse portrait by François Georgin. The figure of General Jan Skrzynecki in gala uniform on horseback. Above the figure an eagle holding a laurel wreath in its beak. In the background fighting troops. In the lower margin a short biography of the general in French. On the back the imprint: "18. Skrzynecki".