GROUCHY EMMANUEL-HENRI DE (1766-1847) Mémoires du maréchal de Grouchy. Paris: E. Dentu, 1873-1874.

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5 volumes in-8 (21.7 x 13.4 cm). Vol. 1. (2 ff.), XI, 476 pp.; Vol. 2. (2 ff.), 452 pp.; Vol. 3. (2 ff.); Vol. 4. 473 pp.; Vol. 5. (2 ff.), 516 pp.; Vol. 6. (2 ff.), 532 pp. Contemporary red half-shagreen binding, decorated ribbed spine, marbled edges. Slight rubbing to the caps and dark marks on the spines. First edition of the memoirs of Marshal Emmanuel de Grouchy (1766-1847), compiled by his grandson Emmanuel-Henri de Grouchy from documents and correspondence left by his grandfather. ‘This is a complete history of the Marshal’s life. It brings together all the important official and other documents... [which] may shed new light on the history of the Vendée, the Irish expedition, and the campaigns of the Empire from 1805 to the Second Restoration.

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