Author: Colonel Boutourlin
Title: Historie Militaire de la Campagne de Russie En 1812
Description: Paris, Anselin et Pochard , 1824. Leather. Two volumes of this very scarce account of the Russian campaign in 1812. The first edition of this work. With half-titles. The two text volumes only. Written by the Colonel Boutourlin, an aide-de-camp of the Russian emperor Alexander I. Boutourlin is also known as Dmitry Petrovich Buturlin. He was a Russian Empire general and military historian from an old noble family. This history of the Patriotic War of 1812 is incredibly detailed. Boutourlin viewed Alexander I as the true saviour of Russia. In the original French, as many of Boutourlin"s works were. A very scarce work. In uniform, contemporary speckled calf bindings. Externally, smart with shelf wear to the joints and to the extremities. Light marks to the spines and to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional scattered spots to pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: Russia Alexander I Napoleonic Alexander I None


See more books from our catalog: European History