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1935 History of Swiss Guards; 24 hand coloured plates, bibliophile example, military history

1935 History of Swiss Guards; 24 hand coloured plates, bibliophile example, military history

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Castella, Gaston (Text); Fay, Fred (Illustrations)

La Garde fidèle du Saint-Père. Les soldats suisses au service du Vatican de 1506 à nos jours.

Paris, Aux Éditions de la Clé d?Or [1935]

4to. 

1 leaf, 201 pages, 1 page, 2 leaves; Plus German translation included: 222 pages.

Two brochures bound in fine half leather binding with gilt label to spine. All contained in cardboard box (this a little rubbed)

Deluxe Numbered Edition. 24 fine hand coloured plates on Vélin d`Arches-Papier.

References: BSG 1935-37, Zürich 1939, p. 114, Nr. 1714; Keller, Iconographie, 1938, mit Tafelverzeichnis (p. 207, Nr. 22, 'Fay'; cf. p. 178).

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