1879 Report on the Russian Army and Its Campaigns in Turkey In 1877-1878

Description

First Edition, Folding Maps, Folding Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition. 

Illustrated with monochrome vignettes and tables, and three plates to 'Volume I', including two folding plates. Twenty-six plates, including folding maps, to the 'Atlas' plate volume. Collated, complete. 

A historical and military account of the Russo-Turkish war by Francis Vinton Greene, the attache from the war department in St Petersburg. Greene served during the war, often referred to in Romania as the 'Romanian War of Independence', which began in 1877 and involved the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire. This work provides records of the entire war, including the declaration of the war and military recruitment, the fall of Plevna, the battle of 'Aladja Dagh' and more. 

A two volume complete set, including the 'Atlas' plate volume. 

In the publisher's original cloth.