A treatise on the defence of Portugal : with a military map of the country : to which is added, a sketch of the mannners and customs of the inhabitants and principal events of the campaigns under Lord Wellington in 1808 and 1809
A treatise on the defence of Portugal : with a military map of the country : to which is added, a sketch of the mannners and customs of the inhabitants and principal events of the campaigns under Lord Wellington in 1808 and 1809
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Very good. Three-quarter dark green calf with gilt titles and blue marbled paper custom bound in 1811 for a noble family (handsome duBois bookplate tipped in and tooled and gilded bee device [the oldest emblem of the French sovereigns] and crowned Napoleonic 'N' on spine) This is most complete edition of this text, as the author states: 'Considerable additions were made to the second edition of this work, and five plates added in the third edition. The military events have been brought down, principally from the Gazette accounts, to the period of the retreat of the French army under Marshal Marmont from the vicinity of Badajoz; a plan of the battle of Albuera has been added, and the map has been retouched, and filled up with upwards of 300 small towns and villages in Portugal. The frontiers of Spain, with the principal military roads and communications have been also engraved on the map' (p. viii). " 371pp untrimmed pages marbled endpapers very slight rubbing to raised bands, corners and tail some wrinkling to later pages (from binding) otherwise a truly exceptional and beautiful copy of this scarce Peninsular War treatise from the collection of Edward Lathem, longtime director of the Dartmouth College Libraries photographs and provenance on request.
