REF. 0263

Histoire de Napoléon et de la Grande Armée pendant l'année 1812

Place
Paris
Date
1825
Format
In-12 (140 x 90 mm)
Binding
Bound
Collation
T1 - (3) ff., 397 pp. ; T2 - (3) ff., 424 pp.
Language
French
Century
19th century

Condition report

Good

SÉGUR (comte de) Louis-Philippe. Histoire de Napoléon et de la Grande Armée pendant l'année 1812.
Paris, Baudouin Frères, 1825.

In-12 (140 x 90 mm), 2 volumes: T1 - [3] ff, 397 pp; T2 - [3] ff, 424 pp. Marbled half-basin, smooth spine with red title-piece and olive chapter-piece, gilt palmettes and roulettes forming compartments (contemporary binding).

This was the seventh edition, the first having been published a year earlier - testimony to its huge success at the time.
This is an important account of the Russian campaign by Bonaparte's aide-de-camp. 

The edition is illustrated with 4 portraits, including 2 frontispieces, and a large fold-out map. 

Upper corners of both volumes slightly dulled.

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