LOT 2:
The story of the life guards Sapper Battalion 1812-1852. With plans and drawings.
more...
|
|
|
Price: 80,000р
Start price:
72,000
р
Estimated price:
80,000р
Auction house commission: 10%
More details
|
The story of the life guards Sapper Battalion 1812-1852. With plans and drawings.
Made Wolkenstein A. N. SPb.: Military printing. 1852 353 p.+ 3 folding maps (plans) + 10 lithographed drawings of the higher, middle and Junior ranks of Charlemagne. Hardcover, encyclopedic format: 16.5 x 25.6 cm. Condition-very good, cover and scuffed spine.
This study is the first experience of describing the history of the life guards sapper battalion, prepared by military engineer Alexander Ermolaevich Volkenstein in connection with the 40th anniversary of the formation of this part. The regiment itself was formed in 1812 in response to the need for engineering units in the Patriotic war. The chief of the regiment was the Emperor himself.
The first edition of the first description of the history of this battalion. Regimental history is not uncommon in the antique market, but battalion, especially the 19th century almost never occur.