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Marbot Baron De

The Memoirs of Baron De Marbot, late Lieutenant-General in the French Army. Translated from the French by Arthur John Butler. Second [English] Edition. HANDSOME COPY OF THE SECOND EDITION IN ENGLISH

Longmans Green & Co., 1892

170.20 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1892
Author
Marbot Baron De
Publishers
Longmans Green & Co.
Keyword
military, napoleonic wars, napoleon, french army, marbot, baron de marbot
Languages
English

Description

2 vols., 8vo., Second Edition thus, with 2 fine portrait frontispieces in heliogravure (original tissue guards present) and 9 maps (3 folding), some light and inoffensive age-staining; handsomely bound in red half morocco, marbled boards, backs with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered and numbered in gilt, marbled edges, marbled endpapers, small bookplate scars on front paste-downs, an elegant and most attractive copy. Jean Baptiste Antoine Marcellin [later Baron] de Marbot (1782-1854) fought in virtually every battle of the Napoleonic Wars and was wounded no fewer than ten times. 'Not overly endowed with modesty, he is the original of Conan Doyle's Brigadier Gerard' (Sutcliffe). His famous Memoirs were first published in France in 1891 and in English in the following year. See Sandler 2231.