Reunion of 5 works in 6 volumes on the First Empire: - Lot 268

Reunion of 5 works in 6 volumes on the First Empire: 1. NUSSAC (Louis de): Etudes historiques militaires. General Antoine Marbot. Friendship, loves and wars. An aide-de-camp: Major G. Girbaud. Three portraits. Paris, Alphonse Picard et Fils, 1905. One volume. 15.5 by 24.5 cm. (4)-167-(1) pages (errata) + 3 portraits h.t. Contemporary black half-chagrin with corners, spine 4 nerfs decorated with military irons, gilt head. Minor, barely visible spotting on 2 corners, otherwise very fine binding. Autograph signed letter from the author in the upper margin of the title. A cut-out in a flyleaf. 2. CHARRAS (Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-Baptiste Adolphe): History of the War of 1813 in Germany. Last days of the retreat from Russia - German insurrection - Armaments - Diplomacy - Entry into the campaign. Second edition. First edition published in France. With special maps. Paris, Armand Le Chevalier, 1870. One volume. 15 by 23.5 cm. (4)-IV-527 pages + 2 folding maps h.t. Modern bradel boards, cover boards preserved. Minor foxing. Slight wear to folds of 2nd map (not serious). 3. LELIÈVRE (Matthieu): Armand de Kerpezdron, Breton gentleman, Methodist missionary, among French prisoners on English pontoons, first pastor of the Eglise Réformée de Mer (Loir-et-Cher) (1772-1834). Based on unpublished documents, with a portrait of A. de Kerpezdron and a view of the Medway pontoons. Paris, Fischbacher, 1913. One volume. 11.5 by 18 cm. 1 portrait-(8)-242-(1) pages + 1 plate h.t. Paperback, in printed cover. Some foxing, otherwise good condition. First edition. From a very old Breton family, royalist and Catholic, A. de Kerpezdron emigrated in August 1789. He met Pierre du Pontavice, converted and became a Methodist. He was sent to evangelize French prisoners on the pontoons. He eventually became pastor of the Consistorial Church of Paris à Mer. 4. THIERRY (Gilbert Augustin): Conspirateurs et gens de police. Le Complot des Libelles (1802). With six plates. Paris, Armand Colin, 1903. One volume. 11.5 by 18.5 cm. IX-(1)-297-(2) pages + 6 plates h.t. (including 5 portraits)>. Contemporary fawn half-calf, 5-rib spine, top cover preserved, red and green title page. Minor rubbing to spine, otherwise a fine copy. First edition. Le Clère 953. "Jacobin machination with distribution of libels in the army and without much precaution." (Le Clère). 5. [DUMAS (Mathieu)]: Précis des événemens militaires, ou essai historique sur la guerre présente, with maps and plans. Paris and Strasbourg, Treuttel et Würtz; Hambourg, Frédéric Pertès; and in London, J. De Boffe and J. Debrett, an IX 1801. 2 volumes. 13 by 21 cm. (2)-4 (Prospectus)-281 pages (the last page being numbered "281 to 319") + 3 folded maps h.t. + 1 folded plan h.t. and pp. 321 to 399 and (2)-384-IV-pp. 385 to 528 + 6 folded maps h.t. + 1 folded plan h.t. Paperback, contemporary paperback, handwritten labels on spines, ex. untrimmed. First edition. All that has appeared, with the exception of the 6th issue (illustrated with a map). Monglond IV-col. 853. "The work appeared in deliveries (starting in May 1799 if the promises of the prospectus were fulfilled. The issues have only a starting title and are not dated. The dates given on the titles are those of the reunion in a volume." (Monglond). This set concerns the Italian campaign in 1799.