RUSSIA]. [CHAMBRAY (Georges de)]. Histoire de l'expédition d - Lot 163

RUSSIA]. [CHAMBRAY (Georges de)]. Histoire de l'expédition de Russie, by M***. A Paris, Chez Pillet aîné et chez Anselin & Pochard, 1823. 3 (including Atlas) volumes in-8°, long-grained red half-maroquin, ornate smooth spine & brown half-chagrin, ribbed spine for the atlas (period binding). Minor damage (headpieces of volume 2 and on boards), brown spots, traces of mildew at the end of the second volume. In the Atlas, spine faded, spalls, damaged headbands, tear to first map. First edition, with a view of the crossing of the Niemen as frontispiece, 4 folded tables and containing following the second volume: "Réponse de l'auteur de l'Histoire de l'expédition de Russie, à la brochure de M. le comte Rostopchin, intitulé La Vérité sur l'Incendie de Moskou." Paris, Chez Pillet Aîné, 1823. Complete with atlas including map of Moscow and 9 folded maps (map of the war theater, enhanced in color, 2 maps of Lithuania, map of the Government of Moscow and Smolensk, map of Smolensk, map of the battle of Moskowa, map of the environs of Moscow, and two maps including the environs of Borisow and the Berezina.