245.00 USD
History of the Wars of the French Revolution, from the Breaking Out of the War, in 1792, to the Restoration of a General Peace in 1815; comprehending The Civil History of Great Britain and France, during that period by Edward Baines, with Notes, and an Original History of the Late War Between the United States and Great Britain, Carefully Revised and Compared with the Original Authorities, by William Grimshaw, The Whole Complete in Two Volumes...
Don't think I could have explained the contents of this work as well as the title pages of this marvelous two-volume antique leather bound edition of this historically significant military and civil study of the late 1700s and early 1800s Europe and United States.
Thoroughly readable, these fully-illustrated antique history books would also look fabulous as props or in your home or office library.
The books are in the general condition you would expect from leather-bound volumes from the mid-1800s. The leather is worn at the edges, with some scuffs and scrapes, the corners are bumped. There is foxing on the pages throughout the books. Volume II has staining on the cover and on the lower right-hand side through approximately the first third of the book and then again on pages towards the back of the book. Heavily illustrated, each engraving is protected with a tissue-sheet cover. There are portrait engravings of many of the major military & political figures of the time including Napoleon Bonaparte, his wife, Josephine, group portraits of British Admirals, Alexander I, to mention just a few. Each volume has hand-marbled endpapers and marbled edges. Bindings are tight. Previous owner signed his name twice in pencil in the front of volume two.
The set was published in Philadelphia in 1849 by Thomas Davis. Volume I has 602 pages. Volume II has 599 pages.
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