Robert Southey, Histoire de la Guerre de la Péninsule sous N - Lot 349

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Robert Southey, Histoire de la Guerre de la Péninsule sous N - Lot 349
Robert Southey, Histoire de la Guerre de la Péninsule sous Napoléon, by Robert Southey, poet laureate of England, translated by M. Lardieu. Paris, Dondey-Dupré Père et Fils, 1828. 2 vol. in-8 of (2)-IV-381 pp. ; (4)-391 pp., glazed green calf, smooth spine decorated, gilt fillet and gilt frieze on covers (contemporary binding). First French edition in Lardier's translation. The first edition was published in five volumes between 1823 and 1837. Only the first two were translated and published in France. History of the invasion of Spain by Napoleonic troops composed by the English poet Southey (1774-1843). Quérard: "This work was a great success in England. The author praises his compatriots and their allies, especially the Spaniards; he treated his subject more as a novelist than as a historian. Walter Scott wrote historical novels, and de Southey made history as a novelist. " Quérard IX, 233. From the Library of the Viscount of Bourbon-Busset. Nice copy.
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