Collection of 5 works in 6 volumes on the 1870 war 1. WACHTE - Lot 149

Collection of 5 works in 6 volumes on the 1870 war 1. WACHTER (Captain Alfred-Oscar): La guerre franco-allemande de 1870-71. Political, diplomatic and military history. Revised and expanded edition. Paris, L. Baudoin, 1895, 2 volumes. 15 by 24 cm. XII-458 + 1 f. errata; (4)-490 pages + 1 f. errata. Paperback, in printed covers, uncut. Light spotting on spines. The best edition. Volume 1: From the declaration of war to the fall of the Empire. Volume 2: From the fall of the Empire to the armistice of January 28. 2. STOFFEL (Colonel Baron Eugène): Military reports written from Berlin. 1866 - 1870. Paris, Garnier Frères, 1871. One volume. 13 by 22 cm. (4)-XXIV-471 pages. Contemporary red half-chagrin, spine decorated. Minor wear to paper on covers (not serious), otherwise a good copy. First edition. Bibliographical guide to military history D 37. "Colonel Stoffel succeeded Colonel de Clermont-Tonnerre as military attaché in Berlin in 1866. His reports, written without the slightest consideration for the prevailing ideas in France, are very valuable to consult with regard to the preliminaries and preparations for the war." (P. Lehaucourt, Bibliographie critique de la guerre de 1870-71, in Revue des études historiques 1900, p. 128). 3. [TROCHU (General Louis-Jules)]: The French Army in 1867. Quinzième édition. Paris, Amyot, 1867. One volume. 13 by 21.5 cm. (6)-X-287-(1) pages. Contemporary red half-basane, spine with 4 raised bands. Scattered brown spotting, otherwise a good copy. Published in the same year as the original, this work, in which Trochu denounces the disorganization of the imperial army, led to his disgrace before he became Governor of Paris on August 17, 1870, and then President of the Government of National Defense. 4. MONTLUISANT (Charles-Bernardin-Marie de): 1870. Army of the Rhine. Its trials. The fall of Metz. Notes cursives [et Pièces justificatives]. Montélimar, Imprimerie et Lithographie Bourron, s.d. [1871], 2 parts in 1 volume. 16 by 24 cm. Continuous pagination of 284 pp. + 4 plates h.t. + 3 folding plans h.t. Contemporary green half-percaline bradel, red basane title-piece on spine. Slight spotting in the margins of the engravings (not serious). The supporting documents are on pp. 107 to 272. Copy enriched with a reproduction of a woodcut by Detaille. First edition. Palat, Bibliographie générale de la guerre de 1870-1871, p. 328; Brun-Durand, II-pp. 172-173. "Appointed lieutenant-colonel to the 8th artillery regiment on August 3, 1869, this brilliant and learned officer was called upon, at his own request, to command the artillery of the 1st division of the 2nd corps of the Rhine army, at the start of the unfortunate war of 1870-71, and consequently took part in the battles of Borny, Rezonville and Saint-Privat; Afterwards, he was put in charge of the reserve artillery of the 6th Corps during the blockade of Metz. Having become a prisoner of war following the surrender of Metz, he returned from captivity at the end of March 1871, only to rejoin his regiment [...]" (Brun-Durand). 5. CHANZY (General Antoine-Eugène-Alfred): Campaign of 1870-1871. La deuxième armée de la Loire. Paris, Plon, 1871. One volume. 14.5 by 23 cm. (4)-662 pages. Contemporary red half-basane, 4 ribbed spine. Minor spotting on spine, some interior foxing.