31 - [FIRST EMPIRE]. FOY (General). HISTORY OF THE WAR ON THE IBERIAN PENINSULA UNDER NAPOLEON, preceded by a Political and Military Overview of the Belligerent Powers. Paris: Baudouin, 1827. Four volumes, in-8, in Empire green Russian leather; covers adorned with a frame of gilded garland; smooth spine entirely decorated with large gilded scrolls; title and volume number labels in red leather; edges and caps edged with gold thread; gilt edges (contemporary binding). Foxing, sometimes heavy. FIRST EDITION of these posthumous memoirs, divided into nine books, published by General Foy’s widow. 7/8 FACSIMILES of handwritten letters printed on laid paper and a large fold-out CHART titled “Status of the French Armies on the Spanish Peninsula as of January 1, 1808.” ” MISSING is the rare atlas consisting of a portrait of the author and six fold-out maps. This history recounts the war that pitted Napoleon’s army against those of Spain, Portugal, and England from 1807 to 1814. Tulard considers that General Foy “wrote a remarkable history of the Spanish War” and adds that “a courageous soldier, he was one of Napoleon’s finest divisional commanders.” SUPERB DECORATED BINDING from the period. ¶ Tulard, “Dictionnaire Napoléon,” p. 756.