Glasser

Glassers 'Costumes Militaires. Catalogue des principales suites de costume militaires Francais' can be found on Gallica http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5455729s

Gallica offers no author even though I think the attribution to Guy Glasser is pretty much certain (e.g. from Colas 1258).

Gallica is overlooked in the rush of Google to digitise everything but they just seem to be getting on with it. The standard of reproduction is low (e.g. have a look at the Carnet de la Sabretache - almost unreadable)

In his introduction Glasser bemoans the fact that prints which were common just 40 years before (ie in 1860) were virtually unobtainable in 1900.

The sale for Glassers collection was in two parts (1910 and 1911) at the Hotel Drouot. The V&A appears to have a copy of the first part.

Glasser is described as 'Ingeniéur en chef des Ponts et Chaussées' in the 'Tables 1903-1955 du Carnet de la Sabretache'

I have an unnumbered copy on Dutch paper with colour and b&w copies of each of the four plates. Its horrible as a book - the paper is too thick and has a tatty deckle edge and with an unnumbered copy there is always that worry as to why its not numbered (printers trial copy?). Its surprising how often one finds books which should be numbered but aren't (I have 3 that I can think of..)