Der Krieg der Franzosen und ihrer Alliirten gegen Russland, 1812 und 1813
Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 1813. First Edition, Three Volumes in One. 12mo. xiv, 271, [1]; xiv, 318, [4]; xii, 332, [4] pp. Bound in period quarter leather over marbled boards. Illustrated with two folding maps, one at the end of Vol. II and one at the end of Vol. III. Text in German. A substantial contemporary German account of the Napoleonic Wars, tracing the campaigns of 1812–1814 from Napoleon’s disastrous invasion of Russia through the subsequent wars against Prussia and Austria. Published while the events were still recent, the work provides an extensive narrative of the Russian Campaign, the retreat of the Grande Armée, the German Campaign of 1813, and the wider Wars of Liberation that culminated in the defeat of Napoleon’s forces in central Europe. The three-volume work includes two folding battle maps, illustrating important engagements of the campaign, and offers a valuable early nineteenth-century perspective on one of the defining military conflicts of the Napoleonic era. An appealing contemporary source for collectors of Napoleon, the Russian Campaign of 1812, military history, European history, and the Napoleonic Wars. Some signs of rubbing and wear, deterioration to the leather, some foxing and discoloration, paper repair and tear to one of the foldouts. Deaccessioned from an institutional collection, with minimal markings, and now housed in an archival box. In good + condition. Item #581
Price: $600.00