Military memoirs of a Napoleonic general

Description

Fézensac, Duc de Souvenirs militaires de 1804 à 1814 by Dumaine, Paris, 1863. Octavo, half-leather binding, scattered light foxing, 503 pp. Rare first edition of the memoirs of the Duke of Fézensac (1784–1867), divisional general and Baron of the Empire. These important memoirs cover the Boulogne camp, the campaigns of 1805, 1806–1807, 1809, Russia, the siege of Hamburg, and operations in 1814. They provide particularly detailed accounts of the Russian campaign. Enriched with an author's inscription.