Crimee

Ricordo Pittorico Militare Della Spedizione Sarda in Oriente

1857 · Best.-Nr. B5185 — Torino: Del Ministro di Guerra c.1857. A fine example of this fascinating work in superbly decorative contemporary full gilt calf. Plates are crisp with occasional very mild browning. . Edition: First Edition. Binding: Contemporary decorative full calf. Gilt borders and ornamentation on top and bottom cover. Gilt title on top cover. Gilt dentelles on top and bottom cover. Textured Pink pasted and free endpapers. Notes: Large Oblong Folio 430x790mm This book shows scenes from the Crimean War and is interesting both from the point of view of military history as it shows plans of battles fought depictions of the fortifications camps etc. and for large tables depicting landscapes and scenes of the theater of war. The Crimean War October 1853 – February 1856 was a conflict in which Russia lost to an alliance of France Britain the Ottoman Empire and Sardinia. The immediate cause involved the rights of Christian minorities in the Holy Land which was controlled by the Ottoman Empire. The French promoted the rights of Catholics while Russia promoted those of the Orthodox Christians. The longer-term causes involved the decline of the Ottoman Empire and the unwillingness of Britain and France to allow Russia to gain territory and power at Ottoman expense The Sardininan-Piedmont the predecessor to modern day Italy contribution to the allies in the Crimea was part of the Prime Minister’s Camillo Cavour diplomatic plan to secure French support for the notion of a united Italy the success of which resulted in the Austro-French war of 1859. Size: Large Oblong Folio Illustration: Illustrated with twenty five lithographs; A beautiful frontispiece depicting a military procession 10 maps 4 are large fold-out maps 7 colour panoramas 3 are large fold-outs and 7 lithographs showing military scenes and diagrams of forts and inventions. All plates have embossed stamp of the Sardinian Office of the Minister of War “Real Corpo di Stato Maggiore.” Category: Book Military; Book Russia; Book Europe Italy; Book Europe Ukraine; Del Ministro di Guerra unknown