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28 - [FIRST EMPIRE]. BLAZE (Sébastien). MEMOIRS OF AN APOTHECARY ON THE WAR IN SPAIN, from 1808 to 1814. Paris: Ladvocat, 1828. Two in-8 Bradel volumes in marbled paper, plain spine, title label, marbled edges (later binding). Spine discolored, water stains, and foxing. ORIGINAL EDITION, uncommon, of these Napoleonic memoirs, published in the “Contemporary Memoirs” series. ¶ Tulard, 170: “These memoirs were a great success upon their publication. They recount the author’s time in Spain as an assistant pharmacist in the medical corps. Several chapters are devoted to his captivity and escape. The final chapters describe the collapse of Joseph’s regime. His account is CRUCIAL regarding the atrocities of the guerrilla war.”
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[FIRST EMPIRE]. BLAZE (Sébastien). MEMOIRS OF AN APOTHECARY ON THE WAR IN SPAIN, from 1808 to 1814. Paris: Ladvocat, 1828. Two in-8 Bradel volumes in marbled paper, plain spine, title label, marbled edges (later binding). Spine discolored, water stains, and foxing. ORIGINAL EDITION, uncommon, of these Napoleonic memoirs, published in the “Contemporary Memoirs” series. ¶ Tulard, 170: “These memoirs were a great success upon their publication. They recount the author’s time in Spain as an assistant pharmacist in the medical corps. Several chapters are devoted to his captivity and escape. The final chapters describe the collapse of Joseph’s regime. His account is CRUCIAL regarding the atrocities of the guerrilla war.”
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