Author: Gourgaud, G.
Title: Napoleonic Wars, 1825, French | Napoléon et La Grande Armée en Russie, ou Examen Critique de l'ouvrage de M. le Compte Ph. de Ségur; par M. le Général Gourgaud (...), Bruxelles, P. J. De Mat, 1825, 346+64 pp. Volume 3.
Description: Volume 3 of Napoléon et La Grande Armée en Russie, ou Examen Critique de l'ouvrage de M. le Compte Ph. de Ségur, a critical review of Compte de Ségur's work on the campaign of 1812. With portrait of General Gourgaud.Ex libris on front pastedown: Lees-bibliotheek van A. H. Kante, In de Hinthamerstraat Lett. C. No. 27 te 's Hertogenbosch. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, reading libraries were important institutions for the distribution and popularization of reading material. These commercially-oriented stores or rental libraries offered those who could not afford to buy books the opportunity to spend their time reading popular-scientific books, stories and novels, in exchange for a small fee.France - French - Napoleon - Napoleonic wars - critique - leesbibliotheek Bound in mottled leather, 20.4 x 12.7 cm. Signs of wear: some rubbing and small damages, some stains.

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