1813 Napoleon War of 1812 MAPS Northern
Campaigns Russia Poland 2v Philippart
John Philippart was a 19th-century British author known for
his many works on war and the British military. One such work was his study
into the various campaigns and battles of the War of 1812. “Northern Campaigns” focused primarily on
the Napoleonic engagements near Moscow and St. Petersburg and the position of
the Russian armies in Poland and Russia.
This valuable 1813 two-volume first edition is complete with the original folding maps, maps that are
often lacking from this set.
Item number: #22519
Price: $750
PHILIPPART, John
Northern campaigns from the commencement of the war in 1812 to the
armistice signed June 4, 1813
London: P. Martin, 1813. First edition.
Details:
· Collation:
Complete with all pages
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Vol. 1 – xvi, 324
§ Engraved
portrait frontispiece of Alexander I
§ 4 maps
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Vol. 2 – viii, 442, [2]
§ Engraved
portrait frontispiece of Napoleon Buonaparte
§ 1 map
· Provenance:
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Armorial bookplate – Foley
§ Thomas Foley,
3rd Baron Foley (1780–1833), a British peer and Whig politician. He served as
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen Pensioners under Lord Grey between
1830 and 1833. Motto: UT PROSIM
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Bookplate – Clement Shorter
§ Clement King
Shorter (1857–1926) was a British journalist and literary critic. After editing
the Illustrated London News, Shorter founded and edited Sketch, The
Sphere, and Tatler. While best remembered for writing numerous works
on the Bronte sisters, including editing Elizabeth Gaskell's The Life of
Charlotte Brontë in 1899, Shorter also wrote about Napoleon, and likely
used these tomes in his research.
· Language: English
·
Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (21.5cm x 13.5cm)
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