Author: (Portielje, Gerrit). (Een krijgsgevangen Engelsch officier).
Title: De militaire spectator, of aanteekeningen van een krijgsgevangen' Engelsch officier, ooggetuige der gebeurtenissen in Parijs, gedurende de laatste vier maanden der regering van Napoleon, vóór zijne verbanning naar Elba.
Description: Amsterdam, G. Portielje, 1827. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Pp. viii, 155. Large engraved title-vignette. Engraved title-page. Half-title "De Militaire Spectator". HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary half cloth and marbled boards; light foxing to title. In fine condition. A very well kept copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. Very rare. The identity of the POW "British Officer" remained a mystery and it is just as well a fictitious personality. In any event the source for the book is an article in the German magazine "Unterhaltungsblätter für Welt- und Menschenkunde" which the publisher, Gerrit Portielje, saw sometime in 1826 and translated into Dutch. No further biographical details were provided or could be found. Z-2 OUT .

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