MILITARIA - UNIFORMES - Eugène TITEUX (1838-1904, Lieutenant - Lot 338

MILITARIA - UNIFORMES - Eugène TITEUX (1838-1904, Lieutenant-Colonel valedictorian at Saint-Cyr and military illustrator) / Suite of 5 small cardboard portfolios (8 x 12 cm), each containing 30 chromolithographed sheet illustrations by Eugène Titeux, with captions on the covers: "Armée Française - Historique & Uniformes des Régiments", no publisher's note, 1890s - Each portfolio is devoted to an arm: Hussards, Dragons, Zouaves and Algerian Tirailleurs, Chasseurs d'Afrique and Spahis and Chasseurs à cheval - These 150 drawings of military costumes are executed with great precision, each image is captioned on the back with a text signed "D.L" recounting the regiment's history and hours of glory.