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VOGÜÉ, M. De.
Villars D'Après Sa Correspondance Et Des Documents Inédits.
Paris: E.Plon, Nourrit Et Cie., 1888..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., [vii]-xii, 409; 2 p.l., 452. with half-titles. 3-page facsimile letter, 2 photogravure portraits (incl. frontis.), 2 other photogravures (incl. frontis.) & 2 etched plates. contemporary quarter calf (bit rubbed). First Edition. A portrait of the great French general Claude Louis Hector, Duc de Villars [1653-1714] as revealed by his correspondence with the Elector of Bavaria, Mme de Maintenon, and Prince Eugène. Villars became intimately acquainted with the Elector while on an unofficial mission to the Court of Bavaria, 1686-88. Upon his return to France, he obtained the favour of Mme de Maintenon, who appointed him commissary-general of cavalry in 1689. He returned to Vienna as ambassador in 1698, displaying great skill in counteracting the intrigues of the Austrian court in relation to the Spanish succession, and there was acquainted with Prince Eugène. In 1702 he was appointed commander of an army sent to aid the Elector of Bavaria. Later, in 1709, he took command of the main army opposing the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugène on the northern frontier. Villars' victory over Eugène at Denain in 1712 saved France from the invading forces. Villars went on to take Douai and Bouchain, and compelled the enemy to retreat to Brussels. In 1713 he negotiated the Treaty of Rastatt with Prince Eugène. Villars enjoyed great favour at the French court following the peace of Utrecht. Cioranescu 66570.
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WEBSTER, Charles & Noble FRANKLAND.
The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany 1939-1945.
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1961..
4 Volumes. 8vo. 3 frontis. portraits, 64 illus. on 30 double-sided plates & 35 maps (most in colour; 11 folding & 7 in text). indices. cloth. dws. (a few light marginal pencil strokes otherwise fine). First Edition.
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WELLESLEY, [Richard Colley] Marquis Wellesley [1760-1842].
The Despatches And Correspondence Of The Marquess Wellesley, K.G. During His Lordship's Mission to Spain.Edited By Montgomery Martin.
London: John Murray, 1838..
8vo. pp. lxix, [1]errata, ii, 197, [1]. original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked (institutional stamp on title). First Collected Edition. Wellesley was appointed the Ambassador Extraordinary to the Supreme Junta of Spain in 1809. His mission involved the co-ordination of the operations of the British army in Spain with the allied war effort.
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[WILSON, John Marius] [c1805-1885].
A Memoir Of Field-Marshal The Duke Of Wellington; With Interspersed Notices Of His Principal Associates In Council And Companions And Opponents In Arms.
London, Edinburgh, and Dublin: A.Fullarton And Co., [1853-54]..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-xii, 644; 1 p.l., [v]-viii, 632. 2 additional engraved titles, 27 engraved portraits (incl. 2 frontis.), 24 partly hand-coloured engraved maps & plans on 13 plates, & 7 other engraved plates. contemporary half calf (rubbed, worn, & soiled, front joint of Vol. I partly cracked, tape adhesion damage affecting several words on one page, stain to outer edge of several portraits). First Edition.
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WOODVILLE, Richard Caton, Jr. [1856-1927] (After). JACQUET, Jules [1841-1913] (Engraver).
[Napoleon with his Old Guard at the Battle of Waterloo 1815].
London: Published Henry Graves & Co. Limited, 6 Pall Mall, Copyright 1897 U.S.A. British Arts Publishers Union..., 1897.
signed by Woodville & Jacquet. signed 'R.Caton Woodville [18]95' in plate, lower left margin. vignette bust portraits of von Blücher and Wellington lower left, & remarque of imperial eagle lower right. 21 ¼ x 35 ¼ inches (54.5 x 89.8 cm., entire sheet). etching (margins damaged as a result of previous framing -- no loss). Richard Caton Woodville II was a British artist who specialized in battle scene paintings. This detailed depiction of the Battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815, shows cavalry and infantry positions, and Napoleon on horseback in the middleground. Napoleon was defeated in the engagement by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition, commanded by the Duke of Wellington and Field Marshal von Blücher. Napoleon abdicated four days later, and the Napoleonic Wars and the First French Empire came to an end.
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WROTTESLEY, George [1827-1909].
Life And Correspondence Of Field Marshal Sir John Burgoyne, Bart. By His Son-In-Law, Lieut. Col. The Hon. George Wrottesley, Royal Engineers.
London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1873..
2 Volumes.8vo. pp. 3 p.l., 506; 1 p.l., 508. with half-title in Vol. I. engraved frontis. portrait & folding frontis. facsimile letter. contemporary half calf, gilt backs (spines sunned). book label of William C.Stuart. First Edition. Sir John Fox Burgoyne, royal engineer, was the illegitimate son of General John Burgoyne [1722-1792]. The present work includes details respecting Burgoyne's service in Malta, Sicily, and Egypt, 1800-07, with Sir John Moore's expedition, 1808-09, with Wellington throughout the Peninsular War, in the American campaign, 1814-15, and in the Crimean campaign, 1853-55. From 1845 to 1868 he was inspector-general of fortifications. Burgoyne became a general in 1855 and was created baronet in 1856. Wrottesley served as his aide-de-camp from 1855 to 1868.
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