NAPOLEON'S INVASION OF EGYPT.

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Copies of Original Letters from the Army of General Bonaparte in Egypt, Intercepted by the Fleet Under the Command of Admiral Lord Nelson. Mixed editions as usual. The work is formed of a collection of letters written by soldiers in Napoleon's army in Egypt, published by the British as a propaganda exercise. The contents include the private accounts of foot soldiers in the campaign, reports from General Damas to General Kleber, and Napoleon complaining about his wife to his brother. Each letter is translated with additional footnotes. Facsimiles of both Napoleon's and Nelson's handwriting can be found on the folding plate.Provenance: from the library of Clive Richards, although unmarked as such. Richards owned "the finest collection of Nelson letters in private hands" according to The Telegraph. He served as vice president of the Nelson Society and was a member of the 1805 Club for 30 years.

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