BELLANGÉ (Hippolyte). Uniforms of the French Army from 1815 to the present day. [Paris : Gihaut frères, 1824-1828]. - In-4, 341 x 250. dark green half-maroquin with long grain, spine ribbed and decorated, speckled head (modern binding). Colas I, n° 284 and 283 (for Les Jolis soldats français). - Glasser, pp. 51-55. Set of the first 108 color lithographs by Hippolyte Bellangé, from one of the most important suites published during the Restoration. They represent soldiers on foot or on horseback. The complete collection should include 116 plates. The missing lithographs are those made in 1830 and 1831. They are sometimes missing. Of the nine copies cited by Colas, four are incomplete with these plates or more. The cover with the title and the frontispiece are also missing. Restored tear to plate 42, with damage to the lithograph. Some rare foxing. Copy enriched with the following pieces: - Original lithograph by Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, in black, from 1822 and captioned, "If the second rank is wise, he will have nanan." - BELLANGÉ (Hippolyte). Les Jolis soldats français, warlike song by Ch. Plantade. Paris : Gihaut frères, 1824. - 2 pp., (1 f.), 4 plates, illustrated cover. Rare album of 4 black lithographs by Bellangé for the song Les Jolis soldats. There appeared a fifth lithograph giving a variant of the third verse, which is rarely found and is missing here. It represents a ball scene. Copy complete of the first cover illustrated with a lithograph for the fifth verse, and especially of the very rare engraved score by Charles Plantade with the lyrics of Cassecœurs, illustrated at the head with a black lithograph by Grenier. - 5 original lithographs in black by Bellangé, in the format of the book, captioned : Mr Durand... for the 3rd and last time, I will not repeat it anymore ! Dare I beg you to be so kind as to... carry... weapons! (plate 5 of a series of 15, 1827) - Advance to the Order (1823) - Corporal! come to recognize (1823) - My General it is it that started to call me soulard (1824) - In fact father Lerond, that does not look at me, the business of Greece... Do you understand the Calembourg? it is a little pretty... (plate 9 of a series of 12, 1827) - A lithograph in black, unsigned, captioned: I am at the K; and I am at the T. Some foxing and light wetness on the edges of the plates of the enclosures. Spine slightly faded.