Author: [Maurage, A.]
Title: La guerre d'Italie. Expose et plans des hostilités. Bulletin Hebdomadaire.
Description: Bruxelles, Ve Parent & Fils, 1859. 240 pp. 10 folding lithographed maps of northern Italy, coloured in outlines. Contemp. quarter h.leather, marbled boards. 8vo. - Spine & edges worn; stamps on verso & recto of the title-page & verso of the maps (stamps of the Bibliotheek Regiment Grenadiers en Jagers & Bibliotheek Hogere Krijgschool). Original edition of this scarce work on the The Second Italian War of Independence (26 April - 12 July 1859), also called the Franco-Austrian War, the Austro-Sardinian War or Italian War of 1859. This war was fought by the Second French Empire and the Savoyard Kingdom of Sardinia against the Austrian Empire in 1859 and played a crucial part in the process of Italian Unification. - - - Text attributed to A. Maurage.

Keywords: History 19th century Europe Italy Military Europa Italy Geschiedenis 19e eeuw Europa Italië Militaria Europa Italië