The plates in this book effectively reproduce 1300 color gouaches of the uniforms of Napoleon's cavalry Charmy's reputation led to his being one of the major uniform advisors to Abel Gance when he was making his famous movie, Napoleon.
Together with plates depicting scenes of Chasseurs à Cheval, Hussards, ChevauLégers, Carabiniers, Dragons, Cuirassiers, there are also many plates depicting details of insignia, flags and other uniform detail, right down to horse equipment.
Charmy's fine ability as a uniformologist and an artist are presented here for the first time in book form. Further volumes will follow.
