Antique Book: The "africans" Of Mac Orlan And Edmond Lajoux 1945 Beautiful Binding

Les "Africans", text by Pierre Mac Orlan and images by Edmond Lajoux [The Picturesque and Sentimental Life of the French Army]

Chez Guilhot à Paris, 1945 - Very nice copy of the first edition of this magnificent, superbly illustrated work of 68 In-text color drawings, watercolor type and 20 full-page bound inset plates. One of the numbered copies on Rives vellum, this one unnumbered, only print after 50 on Arches vellum and one on Japan.
Very elegant half-shagreen binding in blue with bands, with some rubbing, however it is a very fine quality leather. Smooth spine, title and author in gilt letters, gilt head. Editor's note: "This book was written, illustrated and implemented under the German occupation." A very beautiful copy inside, perfectly preserved and free of foxing or stains, the plates inset are well protected under serpentes, a large work of imposing format, having to do with uniformity and the militariat, we find there among others the Algerian, Moroccan and Senegalese skirmishers and spahis, hunters, goumiers, hunters, cavalry regiments etc...
The well-bound copies are particularly uncommon.

Large format in-4, 75p + table of illustrations + 20 plates out of text.