A HISTORY OF THE [EUROPEAN] WAR from the establishment of Louis XVIII to the Bombardment of Algiers including the BATTLE OF WATERLOO and the EXILE OF NAPOLEON

A detailed account of the military struggle in Europe from 1813 to 1816. An interesting section on the 'conduct and conversation' of Napoleon. Sixteen full-page plates (steel engravings). Pictures of battle scenes, Napoleon, Blucher, the Bombardment of Algiers etc. Map of the Battle of Waterloo, Sunday 18 june 1815. The book has been re-cased in the original leather-covered boards. The European War: Two sets of prelim. pages i-vi and [i]ii-iv Pages 1-478. The history of the Baarbary States [i-iv]Pages 1-160. Edges to some pages are rubbed and worn. The only missing plate is the head of Wellington on p 221. The book is firmly bound and well held. Brown stains on some pages. Overall condition considering its 196 years, is Very Good.