TARDIEU Guy.Livre Rare Book
TARDIEU AmbroiseABAA
LE COLONNE DE LA GRANDE ARMEE D'AUSTERLITZ OU DE LA VICTOIRE MONUMEN
39184TARDIEU Ambroise. LE COLONNE DE LA GRANDE ARMEE D'AUSTERLITZ OU DE LA VICTOIRE MONUMENT TRIOMPHAL ERIGE EN BRONZE SU LA PLACE VENDOME DE PARIS. Paris: Author 1822. 4to. Old mottled paper sides vellum spine. 75 pages w 38 engraved plates. First edition. A "descriptio accompagnee de 36 planches representant le vue generale les medailles piedestaux bas-reliefs et statue dont se compose ce monument." T famous column was erected between 1806 and 1812 under the direction of the architect Jacques Gondouoin. The column's stone core 132 feet high is entwi in a spiral made from the bronze of 1200 cannon captured at the Battle of Austerlitz 1805 and decorated with military scenes smiliar to Trajan's colu in Rome. They are fully illustrated in the Tardieu book. The colossal statu placed at the top of the column was Napoleon as Caesar also illustrated here. unknown books
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