Der französische Krieg von 1870 und 1871: nach den besten Quellen, persönlichen Mitteilungen und eigenen Erlebnissen geschildert

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 1800
1. Bibliographic data
Author
Hiltl, Georg
Title
Der französische Krieg von 1870 und 1871: nach den besten Quellen, persönlichen Mitteilungen und eigenen Erlebnissen geschildert
Statement of responsibility
Von Georg Hiltl; illustriert von Woldemar Friedrich u. A.
Place of publication
Bielefeld und Leipzig
Publisher
Verlag von Velhagen & Klasing
Series
Not identified
Printer
Not identified
Date
1884
Imprint (isbd)
Bielefeld und Leipzig: Verlag von Velhagen & Klasing, 1884
Language
German
Tirage
Illustrated German edition from the late nineteenth century
2. Physical description
Collation
1 volume; approximately 400-500 pages
Illustrations
Numerous in-text engravings; folding maps and military plans
Format
22-25 cm; large octavo
Dimensions
22-25 cm
Typographic signatures
Not verified in the supplied images
Paper type
Nineteenth-century wood-pulp paper with foxing and yellowing
Watermarks
Not visible in the supplied images
Printing condition
German Gothic Fraktur type; ornamental initials; good-quality illustrated printing
3. Binding
Binding type
Publisher’s cloth or board binding
Colours
Dark tones with gilt and black stamping
Decoration
Decorative borders and military motifs according to publisher’s variant
Spine
Cloth with gilt stamping; original Velhagen & Klasing publisher’s design
4. Content
Content description
Historical account of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 based on official sources, personal communications and the author’s own experiences. Illustrated with engravings by Woldemar Friedrich and other artists
Chapters
Includes campaigns and battles such as Weissenburg, Wörth, Saarbrücken, Metz, Sedan, Nordfeldzug, Loirefeldzug and Belfort, with plans of Strasbourg and Paris
Subject matter
Franco-Prussian War; German military history; nineteenth-century military campaigns; German Empire
Notable illustrations
Folding maps of the theatre of operations and principal military campaigns
5. General notes
Note 1
Illustrated with engravings by Woldemar Friedrich and other artists
Note 2
Includes folding maps and lithographed military plans
Note 3
Printed in German Fraktur type
Note 4
Account based on official sources and the author’s personal experiences
Note 5
Historical publication representative of late nineteenth-century German military publishing
6. Subjects
Main subject
Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
Subsubjects
German military history; nineteenth-century military campaigns; historical illustration; German Empire; military strategy; Franco-German conflicts
7. Copy record
Shelfmark
1800
Condition
Good; foxed paper; complete folding maps; solid publisher’s binding
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Ownership marks
Not observed in the supplied images
Copy notes
Preserves folding military maps and plans