THE BOOKS OF MORITZ RUHL PUBLISHERS

Moritz Ruhl of Leipzig, Germany were the most prominent publishers of popular military art of the period before World War I. Ruhl's fame today rests on its long series of colored plate books depicting the uniforms of the contemporary armies of Europe and beyond. Beginning in the 1870s and continuing into World War I, Ruhl's publications combined plates of representative figures from each branch of the service (not neglecting staff and administration) with schematic drawings sometimes depicting the uniform of each unit in an army. Although these works are not always totally accurate, they played a major role in satisfying the late nineteenth century's popular interest in all things military and remain important as sources today.

• R- 1 The Imperial German Army, Field Gray Uniform Ca. 1914
• R- 2 The Imperial German Army, Dress Uniforms Ca. 1900
• R- 3 The Imperial German Army, Ca. 1900, Schematics Volume I
• R- 4 The Imperial German Army Ca. 1900 Schematics, insignia etc. Volume I
• R- 5 The French Army of 1914, Field Uniforms
• R- 6 The Grey-Green Field Uniform of the Russian Army Ca. 1914
• R- 7 The Field Uniform of the Italian Army Ca. 1914
• R- 9 The Napoleonic Wars
• R-10 The Austrian Army Ca. 1890
• R-11 The Armies of the Balkan States Ca. 1900
• R-12 The Russian Army, new uniform 1888

• R-13 The Imperial Japanese Army Ca. 1896
• R-17 The Austrian Army Ca. 1914
• R-20 The Norwegian Army Ca. 1930
• R-21 The U.S. Army 1880-1903
• R-22 The U.S. Army 1913
• R-23 The Chinese Army 1910
• R-24 The Belgian Army 1900
• R-25 The Spanish Army 1896
• R-27 The German Schutzetruppe
• R-28 The Italian Army 1896
• R-29 The Army of the Papal State 1900
• R-36 The French Army, Dress Uniform 1913