Schönhals (Schonals / Schoenhals), Général [Carl / Karl Ritter von]. Traduit de l'allemand par Rodolphe de (Rudolf von) Steiger.
Souvenirs d'un vétéran autrichien sur la guerre d'Italie dans les années 1848-1849, I-II. [TWO VOLUMES].
Paris, Librairie Militaire, Maritime et Polytechnique J. Corréard, 1854-85. Hardcover. Two volumes. Octavo. Pp. 284, plus large folding lithograph map by F. Delamare; 358, (2 verso blank). Both half-titles present. HARDCOVER, similar in style in contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, vellum French corners, spines gilt, marbled edges, little rubbed in places, a joint tender, a cracked hinge. In a very good condition and overall fine interiors, very clean and well preserved. ~ First French edition. Translated from the German "Erinnerungen eines österreichischen Veteranen aus den italienischen Kriegen der Jahre 1848 und 1849" (Stuttgart & Tübingen, 1852) by Rudolf von Steiger. Karl von Schönhals (1788-1857). Scarce. KVK locates a single copy, that in IDS Bale/Berne. Not in Bibliotheque Nationale de France. [Provenance:] From the private library of F. Z. M. von Schoenhals (apparently a descendant of the author?) with a small, neat oval stamp on one title-page. C-1 .
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