Memorials of the Late War.

Engraved titlepage inluding a vignette of the Mosque, Córdoba by W. Miller after William Archibald.

Original publisher's cloth with paper label, uncut.

Volume two only of a two volume collection, 'Memorials of the late war' (Constable's Miscellany vols. XXVII & XXVIII'), containing three independent contributions, each complete in itself. 1. Rocca's 'Memoirs of the War of the French in Spain', 206pp.'The present edition has been faithfully translated...expressly for [these] Memorials...the former translation seems to have been hurriedly executed, and many instances of inattention might be noticed' - from the Translator's preface, signed, 'A'.; 2. Narrative of the battles of Quatre Bras, Ligny, and Waterloo, unsigned, 104pp.; Death of Napoleon Bonaparte, unsigned, 7pp. Binding worn, with upper joint split, head and tail used and label very worn, but of interest as an early example of publisher's cloth. Penisular War.