Librairie Alexis Noqué
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SÉGUR (comte de) Louis-Philippe
Histoire de Napoléon et de la Grande Armée pendant l'année 1812
Histoire de Napoléon et de la Grande Armée pendant l'année 1812
1825
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.