VERNET (Horace and Carle) - LAMI (Eugène). Collection des Uniformes des Armées françaises, de 1791 à 1814. - Collection raisonnée des uniformes français, de 1814 à 1824. 2nd part of the general collection. Paris : Gide fils, 1822 (first volume) ; Paris : Anselin et Pochard, 1825 (second volume). 2 volumes, large in-8 for the first and in-4 for the second, half dark brown morocco with corners, spine gilt, untrimmed, cover preserved (Petitot). First edition of the first volume and second edition of the second, of this very beautiful work considered as one of the most interesting on the French army. The illustration is composed of 148 lithographed plates in colors by Eugène Lami as well as Horace and Carle Vernet. The first volume concerns the uniforms from 1791 to 1814; it is printed on wove paper and includes 100 plates. The second volume, published three years later and not always found, deals with uniforms from 1814 to 1824; it is printed on laid paper and includes 48 plates. Each illustration is accompanied by an explanatory text. A copy mounted on tabs, very well bound by Petitot and complete with the rare general covers. The lithographs were printed on grey paper, cut and glued on wove paper at the time of the binding certainly. Some wear rubbing to the nerves. Scattered foxing on the text leaves. Provenance: Henri Marcus, with bookplate.