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MILITARIA - BERTHIER (Alexandre). Relation of the battle of Marengo, won o…
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MILITARIA - BERTHIER (Alexandre). Relation of the battle of Marengo, won on 25 prairial year 8, by Napoleon Bonaparte, first consul ]...]; written by General Alex. Berthier [...]. In Paris, From the Imperial Printing Office, 1806. In-4°, seeded calf, large frame of gilt filets and serrated rolls adorning the boards, coat of arms in the centre, smooth spine decorated with various emblems, gilt edges (period binding). One coloured title-frontispiece, one large folded table and, bound in fine, five engraved and folded double maps and one double view. Binding worn and rubbed; spine damaged; small lack on the false-title; foxing, but a copy with the imperial arms. COPY WITH IMPERIAL ARMS. ACCIDENT TO THE BINDING, first cover detached.

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MILITARIA - BERTHIER (Alexandre). Relation of the battle of Marengo, won on 25 prairial year 8, by Napoleon Bonaparte, first consul ]...]; written by General Alex. Berthier [...]. In Paris, From the Imperial Printing Office, 1806. In-4°, seeded calf, large frame of gilt filets and serrated rolls adorning the boards, coat of arms in the centre, smooth spine decorated with various emblems, gilt edges (period binding). One coloured title-frontispiece, one large folded table and, bound in fine, five engraved and folded double maps and one double view. Binding worn and rubbed; spine damaged; small lack on the false-title; foxing, but a copy with the imperial arms. COPY WITH IMPERIAL ARMS. ACCIDENT TO THE BINDING, first cover detached.

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