Memorias sobre la Argelia . por consecuencia de la Comision con que de Real Orden pasaron á aquel pais en el año de 1844.

XIMENEZ DE SANDOVAL, Crispin & Antonio Madera y Vivero

Publication Date: 1853

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Large 8vo. Blue silk binding, richly gilt. With the coat-of-arms of Queen Isabella II of Spain on the covers. A. e. g. XXIV, 655 pp. With one large folding coloured map of Algeria. A bit worn at extremities. "First edition of this report on French Algeria commissioned by the Spanish government in 1843. A number of officers were sent abroad to study military organisation and to investigate methods of modernizing the Spanish army which had deteriorated during the long years of civil war. The authors were seconded to the French forces in Algeria, where they spent two years observing the process of colonisation and witnessing the suppression of local uprisings. Etc.". AN ATTRACTIVE COPY IN A FINE ROYAL PRESENTATION BINDING FOR QUEEN ISABEL II OF SPAIN. Seller Inventory # 44939

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Title: Memorias sobre la Argelia . por consecuencia...

Publication Date: 1853

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition