1853 The Political and Military History of the Campaign of Waterloo

Description

First Edition, Folding Maps, Folding Plates, Illustrated, Leather Binding

The first edition, published previously only as an original manuscript from Jomini, here translated from that original by S. V. Benet. 

Illustrated with a folding frontispiece map. Collated, complete. 

Bound in modern quarter calf with marbled paper to the boards. Endpapers renewed.

A fascinating and comprehensive outline of the Campaign at Waterloo, fought in the summer of 1815 between the French Army against the Anglo and Prussian forces. Renowned French military and political leader Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo.  Written by General Baron de Jomini, a prolific writer and historian on the Napoleonic Wars.