The French Army 1500-1786 (see the print version) from the plates published by Alexandre de Marbot in France between 1840 and 1850. 129 plates offering the best and most accurate depictions of the French Army of this nearly 300 year period. Not one military uniform reference collection should be without this CD. The plates commissioned and published by Alexandre de Marbot remain the single best source on the French Army of the Ancien Regime.