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Important lot of 4 books on Prussia and Prussians during the Revolution and Empire: 1. Les PRUSSIENS dénoncés à l'Europe, par une Société de Témoins et de Victimes de leur invasion dans la Province de Hollande. Paris, Gueffier, 1789. One volume. 12.5 by 20 cm. VIII-178 pages. Modern speckled half-basane, pastiche binding. Scattered foxing, otherwise a very good copy. First edition. Conlon 89 :5547 2. [BUCHHOLZ (P.-Fer.-Fr.)]: Galerie de caractères prussiens. Paris, Colnet, Fain, Debray, Mongie, Delaunay and Arthus Bertrand, 1808. One volume. 9.5 by 16.5 cm. X-341 pages. Contemporary half empire green basane, spine decorated, red title page. Binding in very good condition, leaves slightly foxed. 2nd edition (E.O.: 1808). The author, a professor at the Brandenburg Military Academy, was a great admirer of Napoleon. The work appeared anonymously in French; it is a series of portraits of various Prussian personalities: soldiers, scholars, ministers, drawn with an often acerbic pen. This work, also published in Berlin, had a major impact in Prussia. 3. FOUCART (Paul): Campagne de Prusse (1806) d'après les Archives de la Guerre. Jena. With two maps and three sketches. Paris, Librairie Militaire Berger-Levrault et Cie, 1887. One volume. 13 by 21 cm. XV-(1)-730 pp. + 2 maps and 1 sketch folded in a pocket at the end of the volume. Contemporary black half-chagrin, spine decorated with the Imperial Eagle. Binding signed RUBAN. 2 in-text sketches. Excellent condition. First edition. 4. FOUCART (Paul): Campagne de Prusse (1806) d'après les Archives de la Guerre. Prenzlow - Lubeck. With three sketches. Paris, Librairie Militaire Berger-Levrault et Cie, 1890. One volume. 13 by 21 cm. of XXVI-960 pages + 3 maps (sketches) on 2 folding leaves h.t. + 13 tables h.t. (including 12 fold-outs). Contemporary black half-chagrin, spine decorated with the Imperial Eagle. Binding signed RUBAN. Excellent condition. Small tears on 2nd map and 1st table (not missing or serious). First edition. Probably the most complete study of the Prussian Campaign of 1806, in two volumes.

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Important lot of 4 books on Prussia and Prussians during the Revolution and Empire: 1. Les PRUSSIENS dénoncés à l'Europe, par une Société de Témoins et de Victimes de leur invasion dans la Province de Hollande. Paris, Gueffier, 1789. One volume. 12.5 by 20 cm. VIII-178 pages. Modern speckled half-basane, pastiche binding. Scattered foxing, otherwise a very good copy. First edition. Conlon 89 :5547 2. [BUCHHOLZ (P.-Fer.-Fr.)]: Galerie de caractères prussiens. Paris, Colnet, Fain, Debray, Mongie, Delaunay and Arthus Bertrand, 1808. One volume. 9.5 by 16.5 cm. X-341 pages. Contemporary half empire green basane, spine decorated, red title page. Binding in very good condition, leaves slightly foxed. 2nd edition (E.O.: 1808). The author, a professor at the Brandenburg Military Academy, was a great admirer of Napoleon. The work appeared anonymously in French; it is a series of portraits of various Prussian personalities: soldiers, scholars, ministers, drawn with an often acerbic pen. This work, also published in Berlin, had a major impact in Prussia. 3. FOUCART (Paul): Campagne de Prusse (1806) d'après les Archives de la Guerre. Jena. With two maps and three sketches. Paris, Librairie Militaire Berger-Levrault et Cie, 1887. One volume. 13 by 21 cm. XV-(1)-730 pp. + 2 maps and 1 sketch folded in a pocket at the end of the volume. Contemporary black half-chagrin, spine decorated with the Imperial Eagle. Binding signed RUBAN. 2 in-text sketches. Excellent condition. First edition. 4. FOUCART (Paul): Campagne de Prusse (1806) d'après les Archives de la Guerre. Prenzlow - Lubeck. With three sketches. Paris, Librairie Militaire Berger-Levrault et Cie, 1890. One volume. 13 by 21 cm. of XXVI-960 pages + 3 maps (sketches) on 2 folding leaves h.t. + 13 tables h.t. (including 12 fold-outs). Contemporary black half-chagrin, spine decorated with the Imperial Eagle. Binding signed RUBAN. Excellent condition. Small tears on 2nd map and 1st table (not missing or serious). First edition. Probably the most complete study of the Prussian Campaign of 1806, in two volumes.

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