Souvenirs de guerre et de captivité d'un page de Napoléon (1812-1815)
Paris. - Emile-Paul Frères. - Non-daté (XXe siècle).
- Bookbinder : F. FERRIERE
- Format : In-8.
- Number of volumes : 1 volume.
- Binding : Bound.
- Collation : 267 pp.
Bound in modern green half-chagrin. Five ribbed spine, with title, author's name and gilt fillets. Beautiful binding. Cover and spine well preserved. Paper browned. Frontispiece in black and white under the serpente. Good condition of the contents.
3rd edition. Published by his grandson Count E(dgar). de Barral.
Copy enriched with an AUTOGRAPHIC SENDER SIGNED by the author's grandson: "To Mr. Victor Blanchet, respectful friendship, July 26, 1925".
Behind this nicely bound book lies the memoirs of an actor of the Napoleonic campaigns in Spain. The author - Viscount de Barral - took part in the battle of Torrequemada and was captured by the English. He describes the sufferings of the French prisoners with objectivity.
In good condition.
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