HISTORY OF THE EXPEDITION TO RUSSIA, Undertaken By The Emperor Napoleon In The Year 1812 [in two volumes]

Frontis and foldout map [vol. 1], frontis and one engraving [vol. 2], 7 x 4", half leather, gilt ruled raised bands, red leather spine leather with gilt lettering, marbled boards, viii, 341pp; 370pp. Boards well-worn/rubbed/scraped and peeling, corners and spine tips bumped and worn, leather scuffed/scraped, bookplates (Horatio Granville Murray Stewart), inner hinges cracked, front cover of Volume I almost detached from textblock, fold out map has horizontal tears at side margins else good to very good condition. Textblock tight. First published in Paris in French in 1825 followed by this translation to English the same year.