4 Beautiful Volumes In 8: History Of The Campaigns Of 1814 And 1815 Including The Pol. & Mil. History Of 1816

Definitive edition, largely original. The first two volumes devoted to the Campaign of 1814 are increased by a chapter, the two volumes relating to the Campaign of 1815 are in the original edition. These beautiful copies in 4 large volumes In 8, in calfskin with tinted spines, neat binding with fine grain, smooth spines; a leading source on the Campaigns of the end of the Empire and the Hundred Days.....A little History: Alphonse de Beauchamp (1767-1832), employed during the Terror at the Committee of General Security and the Ministry of Police, was dismissed under the Empire for having used the archives of the Police in his History of the Wars of the Vendée, published in 1806. "he remains considered one of the first Historians of the Wars of the Vendée and the Campaigns of 1814-1815" (Tulard). This fine copy in a very fresh contemporary binding, rooted calf, painted spine, decorated with fleur-de-lis, gilt titles and volume numbers. Provenance: "Ex-libris of Baron de Ravinel on the inside covers. TITLE: History of the Campaigns of 1814 and 1815, comprising the Political and Military History of the two invasions of France, of Buonaparte's enterprise in the month of March, of the total fall of his power, of the double restoration of the throne, and of all the events