Sketches of the last naval war

[JURIEN DE LA GRAVIERE, Jean Pierre Edmond]

Verlag: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, 1848

Beschreibung

In two volumes. xxxvii, [3], 240, 32; [4], 300pp. With nine engraved folding charts/maps predominantly depicting the battles of St. Vincent and Trafalgar. Original publisher's blind-stamped burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Later bookplates of R. C. Fiske to both FEPs, occasional spotting. The first edition in English of Jean Pierre Edmond Jurien de la Graviere's (1812-1892) Guerres maritimes sous la republique et l'empire (originally published in the Revue des Deux Mondes), a surprisingly impartial account of the operations of the French Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, that is in essence a life of Nelson. The author gives account of the Admiralâ s youth, his service in the Mediterranean, and his achievements in the War of the First Coalition, concluding, naturally, with his death at Trafalgar. Size: 8vo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers AQ23826

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Sketches of the last naval war

Verlag: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1848

Einband: Softcover

Auflage: First edition in English.