Manuscript memoir of a French officer's experiences during the Napoleonic Wars in Spain, 1808-1809. Title: Recollections /
by / H de Montvaillant by Spain – Montvaillant War Memoir, H. de
$8,800 · Offered by Musinsky Rare Books
Written in English in a small and narrow but legible italic hand, with occasional corrections or additions in a different hand, on wove paper watermarked Budgen & Wilmott / 1812. Four unnumbered pages of French text at front and four at back, the latter dated 27 May 1814, in a different hand, apparently the author’s, on different paper with no visible watermark. Very good; some occasional spotting. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, gilt edges
- Binding: Leather
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