Item #39018 La défense de Bazeilles. Desseins inédits et croquis d'après nature de A. de Neuville et L. Sergent. George Bastard.
La défense de Bazeilles. Desseins inédits et croquis d'après nature de A. de Neuville et L. Sergent
La défense de Bazeilles. Desseins inédits et croquis d'après nature de A. de Neuville et L. Sergent

La défense de Bazeilles. Desseins inédits et croquis d'après nature de A. de Neuville et L. Sergent

Paris: Paul Ollendorff, 1884. First edition, 8vo, pp. 156; frontispiece and 5 plates of which one is double-page, drawings in text throughout; contemporary calf over marble boards, blind-tooled spine, bottom of hinges cracked; edges and corners rubbed; minor worm holes to bottom corners of first few leaves; rubber stamp and modern ink notes on back pastedown; a good copy. An account of the Battle of Bazeilles, September 1, 1870, considered to be part of the larger Franco-Prussian Battle of Sedan, during which the French, outnumbered 10 to 1, held this small Ardennes village until Napoleon III gave orders to withdraw. Illustrations based on paintings by Alphonse de Neuville and Sergent. Item #39018

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