Lucien Mouillard, The Regiments under Louis XV, 1882.
The illustrations shown below are based on an original older reproduction photo series in the author's possession.
The French Army in the Year 1779. From the Military Almanac (1780). In Communications on the History of Military Costume (1892, No. 10).
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