"please recommand must-have JOB illustrated books" Topic

I'm a huge fan of JOB illustrations of French history and napoleonic wars, and have arranged some kind of budget to collect some JOB books. however the budget is not big enough to cover all titles I see in OMM Amazon fr. or kentrotman bookstore, so guys please recommand some essantially must-have titles

I already got L'Epopee du Costume Militaire Francaise from Kentrotman publishing, the pics are great but the quality of binding and printing is somehow not very content.

Thanx for any information!

Dear NPLBNB,

I have the set of scans of illustrations by JOB, Jacques-Marie Onfray de Bréville (1858-1931), as listed below. They are a total of about 100 MB in a .zip format file – too big to email.

If you give me a depositfiles, rapidshare or similar webspace, I will upload them to you. I bought a CD with them years ago (when CD's were a "new" technology!) and have lost the CD. I will be deleting my copy of the file after you confirm successful retreival of the upload.

I think a real fan of JOB will esteem these more than I do, and I will be very happy if you enjoy them.

This forum's members can anwser more/all questions about works by JOB:
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They are francophone, but many will have enough English to answer you if you cannot post in French.

Amicalement.

Section I – Drawings
1. French Hussars attacking Cossacks
2. Charge of Cuirassiers
3. French Line Lancer
4. Chasseur a Cheval with Cossack prisoner
5. Elite Company Hussars herding cattle
6. Dragoon of the Imperial Guard on Pickett Duty
7. General Krazinski- Colonel of the 1st Lancers of the Guard
8. Eclarier of the Imperial Guard
9. Carabiners 1812
10. Dragoon Trumpeter
11. Hussar 1801
12. Artillery of the Imperial Guard

Section II- Drawings
1. Napoleon and his Staff on the Eve of the Russian Campaign
2. Grenadiers of the Guard, Winter March
3. Grenadiers of the Guard at Waterloo
4. Sapper of Grenadiers holding General's Horse
5. Napoleon offcering Snuff to a Grenadier of the Guard
6. Grenadiers of the Guard on the March (Detail from No. 2)
7. Line Infantry Buying Wine from Cantiniere
8. Band of the Grenadiers of the Guard "After the Concert"
9. Fusiliers of the Legion du Nord
10. Dragoons of the Imperial Guard
11. Line Engineers in Combat

Section III – Color Paintings
1. Trumpeters and Mounted Drummers of Dragoons 1799
2. General Desaix and Staff officers 1799
3. French Troops having a Donkey Race in Egypt
4. Napoleon, Murat, Davout and Staff
5. Bandsmen reading a bulletin
6. Napoleon and Chasseur a Cheval escort riding through a town
7. Grenadiers of the Royal Guard , 1816
8. Veterans of the First Empire 1860

Section IV – Color Paintings
1. Napoleon wearing greatcoat
2. Marshal Bessieres
3. Grenadiers of the Guard at Eylau
4. Grenadier of the 3rd Dutch Grenadiers and Pupile of the Guard
5. Drum Major and Band of the Chasseurs a Cheval of the Guard
6. Marines of the Guard
7. Veteran and Musician of the Guard in Petite Tenue
8. Gendarme d'Elite of the Guard
9. Charge of the Grenadiers a Cheval of the Guard
10. Dragoons of the Guard in Spain
11. Chasseurs a Cheval in Service Uniform
12. Mamelukes in Spain
13. Lancers of the Guard and Grenadiers of the Guard
14. Red Lancers at Waterloo
15. Foot Artillery of the Guard 1813
16. Artillery a Cheval of the Guard
17. Engineers of the Guard
18. Artillery Train of the Guard

Section V – Color Paintings
1. Presenting the Captured Standards
2. Grenadiers of the Guard and the Spoils of War
3. Napoleon and Murat at Eylau
4. Napoleon in Chasseur a Cheval uniform
5. Napoleon and line infantrymen
6. Napoleon observing a battle
7. Napoleon with a priest
8. Napoleon and the Grenadiers of the Guard 1813
9. Napoleon and Grenadiers fording a river
10. Napoleon and Brigade of Carabiniers
11. Napoleon and Regiment of Hussars
12. Napoleon reviewing line Grenadiers
13. Napoleon's bath
14. Napoleon and Infantry on the March
15. Napoleon and Line Grenadier 1812
16. Death of Marshal Lannes

Section VI
1. Legion du Nord
2. Grenadier of the Guard in tenue de route
3. Artillery train 1800
4. Marines of the Fleet 1806
5. Drum Major and Musicians of the line
6. Trumpeter of Carabiniers
7. Artillery of the Battailion de Neuchatel
8. Black Musician 57th Demi-Brigade 1799
9. Sapper 1st Regiment of Dragoons
10. Drum Major, Fifer, and Drummer boy of light infantry 1800
11. Captain and Soldier of the Honor Guard of Boyonne
12. Officer and Dragoon of the 5th Dragoon Regiment, Consulate
13. Trumpeter of 9th Hussars
14. Garde Nationale of Paris 1815
15. A.D.C. to Marshal Bernadotte
16. Cuirassiers a pied, First Regiment Hamburg 1813
17. Comissaire des Guerres and Hussar Officers (undress) 1799
18. Officer d'Ordinnance to the Emperor 1813
19. Cannonier 56 Moselle Legion 1813
20. Dromedary Regiment, Army of Egypt
21. Trumpeter Elite Co, 21st Dragoons
22. Guidon Bearer 105th Demibrigade 1796
23. Cavalry Officer of the Polish Legion
24. Sergeant Major Fusiliers 2nd Regiment Garde du Paris 1808
25. Officers Garde du Honneur of Remoise 1803
26. Drummer Boy 42nd Infantry 1809
27. Kettle Drummer Grenadiers a Cheval of the Guard 1806
28. Drum Major and Drummer of 3rd Swiss Regiment 1808-12
29. Sapper 3rd Swiss Regiment 1812
30. Musicians 3rd Swiss Regiment 1812
31. Grenadier and Chasseur 3rd Swiss Regiment
32. Horse Artillery officers of the Imperial Guard 1813
33. Trumpeter and Sergeant Major of the Horse Artillery of the Guard 1813
34. Voltigeur 1812 with Fanion
35. Garde Artillery 1812-14

Some more of his work ….

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Dear SotnikC
Marvellous informations! What you provide are truely great helps,Thanks very much.
It's my fault not to tell you I already have JOB sections of Uniformology cd-roms, they're great pics but due to scanning its resolution was lowered, that's why I'm finding books, which display the illustratuons better.
The amount and dispersing of JOB works made things difficult.I've searched French publishers like LCV books but didnt make any progress. I'll call your French fellowforumtaiker for further help, although i can only post in English because English is already my second language and I dont have the third.
Thanx again
yours sincerely friend

Would this be of interest to you?

Scroll down to post #1446

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Then to post #1493

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Paul

Hi Dibble,great shares! So you actually collect old JOB print cards?That's really owesome!Your pics are accurate and more loyal to origin works than digital repaired ones in uniformology series. If I can greed more I'd like to have higher resolution scanned ones.
Could you give some advice in JOB books, cards, prints, etc.?
Any help will be appreciated.
Cheers,

Dear Sotnik, I highly appreciate the links you gave me, expecially the Bonarparte title,the scanning is wonderful with zoomable images display details of JOB's trademark style. this saves me a considerable sum of fasmile book, so I must thank you again for I'm literally blind of so many French e-resources.

NPLBNB

I'm afraid that I have sourced all the JOB plates via web sites and illustrations used in books.

The main source are on this link which is an absolute goldmine for old colour plates in their thousands.

Just click on the year date and a selection of plates will appear in which some will be by JOB. Be aware though that many are rather tatty and you will have to do a lot of trawling thrugh each year (from about 1760) to find them

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Paul :)

NPLBNB,

I have the majority of works by JOB that concern the period 1789-1815 including one produced to be used as cut outs the full title being:
L`Empereur, L`Imperatrice la Garde, Serie de decoupages par JOB, texte par A. Fabre. Is there anything special that you are looking for?

Out of curiosity, where do you folks go 'hunting' to find the actual prints? Online auctions? Private dealers?