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[Waterloo; Napoleon]; Mercer General [Alexander] Cavalié:
JOURNAL OF THE WATERLOO CAMPAIGN Kept Throughout The Campaign of 1815 - signiertes Exemplar
1815, ISBN: cd602e2cb7a879cdeca19188096abd8b
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1870. 2 volumes. RARE FIRST EDITION IN PRESENTATION BINDING. A UNIQUE COPY. A family presentation copy, inscribed to George E. Mercer… Mehr…
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1870. 2 volumes. RARE FIRST EDITION IN PRESENTATION BINDING. A UNIQUE COPY. A family presentation copy, inscribed to George E. Mercer from I. Tod-Mercer and dated [18]96. 8vo, in a beautiful Zaehnsdorf signed binding dated 1896, thus no doubt custom made for the presentation to George E. Mercer. The binding is of full crushed scarlet morocco richly adorned in fine late-Victorian style. The boards feature a wide frame of gilt vines, flowers and thistles which is further ruled in gilt then further surrounded by minutely detailed gilt rolling, the upper boards also lettered Mercers Waterloo in fine gilt stamping, the smooth rounded spines with gilt lettering with a gilt oval surrounded by more gilt vines and flowers which then grow both up and below to fully frame the spine panel, board edges gilt ruled, wide turn-ins gilt tooled in the same motif as the covers, silk endpapers with powder blue moire pattern and further gilt tooling complete this beautiful presentation, a.e.g. xii, 369; viii, 347 pp. An extraordinary set, the condition remains outstanding. The text-block is essentially pristine, the fine bindings show only the most minimal evidence of age. Truly and outstanding and unique copy. A SCARCE AND IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN ANY STATE AND THIS AN EXTRAORDINARY COPY. Mercer's Journal is an important source for historians of the Waterloo campaign, as well as a detailed description of the landscape and people of Belgium and France in the early 19th century. It is one of the few accounts of the period written by an artillery officer. Mercers journals were kept throughout the campaign of 1815 but were not published until 1870, after his death. The work was compiled and written in its finished form some 30 years earlier, from the original notes Mercer wrote contemporaneously, with additions and verifications from correspondence and other sources. It covers the period from April 1815 to January 1816. Although he eventually rose to the rank of general, his fame is as commander of the British G Troop Royal Horse Artillery in the thick of the fighting at the Battle of Waterloo. It is also notable for its lengthy descriptions of the countryside and its people. In spite of his position with the British Army, the work is usually found in 20th Century editions in French. Its historical value in the English-speaking nations was largely overlooked till its rediscovery with a Praeger edition in 1970., William Blackwood and Sons, 1870, 0<
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General Alexander Cavali? Mercer,,:
Journal of the Waterloo Campaign (kept throughout the campaign of 1815) Vol. II (Mieten. Jahres-Abopreis pro Monat)
ISBN: cd602e2cb7a879cdeca19188096abd8b
Without doubt, one of the finest accounts of a participant of the Waterloo campaign. Mercer was famously in charge of "G" troop RHA during the campaign, and from the journal he kept at th… Mehr…
Without doubt, one of the finest accounts of a participant of the Waterloo campaign. Mercer was famously in charge of "G" troop RHA during the campaign, and from the journal he kept at the time, he formed this book. It is written with a jaunty air more often seen in the writings of French cavalry officers memoirs, a certain irreverence to rank and custom (his description of the Duc de Berri is particularly cutting) and a keen eye for detail and the anecdote. This edition is the second volume of a two volume series as originally published. Having been stationed in Belgium for over a month during which time he offers a number of telling remarks on the country and its inhabitants, and their enthusiasm for the conflict, his troop arrived belatedly at the battle of Quatre Bars on the 16th June 1815 as the fighting died down. He was involved in covering the retreat of the Allied forces northward to Waterloo on the 17th. During this retreat Mercer sights Napoleon riding with the vanguard of his advanced forces, as he struggles to cover his retreating comrades, in a moment he refers to as "sublime". During the battle on the 18th his troop is in the thick of the fighting, during which time Mercer's account leaves no detail out, apart from his disobeying Wellington's order to avoid counter-battery fire. As the battle rolls on the magnificent and yet foolhardy charges of the massed French cavalry are recounted with their brave but ultimately futile attempt to break the squares on the ridge, Mercer and his troop pour fire into the horsemen mercilessly. As the Arm?e du Nord recoils from its final attack in disarray, Mercer is ordered with his men to follow up the retreating hordes, he replies to his superior "How?" as the charnel house surrounding his position contains the dead and dying horses needed to pull his guns. Essential reading. Author - General Alexander Cavali? Mercer (1783-1868) Wagram Press Napoleonic Wars Napoleon ; Napoleonic Wars ; Austerlitz ; Marengo ; French Revolution ; Peninsular War ; History of France , AU,DE,ES,FR,GB,UK,IT,MX,US English History, Wagram Press<
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General Alexander Cavali? Mercer,,:
Journal of the Waterloo Campaign (kept throughout the campaign of 1815) Vol. I (Mieten. Jahres-Abopreis pro Monat)
ISBN: cd602e2cb7a879cdeca19188096abd8b
Without doubt, one of the finest accounts of a participant of the Waterloo campaign. Mercer was famously in charge of "G" troop RHA during the campaign, and from the journal he kept at th… Mehr…
Without doubt, one of the finest accounts of a participant of the Waterloo campaign. Mercer was famously in charge of "G" troop RHA during the campaign, and from the journal he kept at the time, he formed this book. It is written with a jaunty air more often seen in the writings of French cavalry officers memoirs, a certain irreverence to rank and custom (his description of the Duc de Berri is particularly cutting) and a keen eye for detail and the anecdote. This edition is the second volume of a two volume series as originally published. Having been stationed in Belgium for over a month during which time he offers a number of telling remarks on the country and its inhabitants, and their enthusiasm for the conflict, his troop arrived belatedly at the battle of Quatre Bars on the 16th June 1815 as the fighting died down. He was involved in covering the retreat of the Allied forces northward to Waterloo on the 17th. During this retreat Mercer sights Napoleon riding with the vanguard of his advanced forces, as he struggles to cover his retreating comrades, in a moment he refers to as "sublime". During the battle on the 18th his troop is in the thick of the fighting, during which time Mercer's account leaves no detail out, apart from his disobeying Wellington's order to avoid counter-battery fire. As the battle rolls on the magnificent and yet foolhardy charges of the massed French cavalry are recounted with their brave but ultimately futile attempt to break the squares on the ridge, Mercer and his troop pour fire into the horsemen mercilessly. As the Arm?e du Nord recoils from its final attack in disarray, Mercer is ordered with his men to follow up the retreating hordes, he replies to his superior "How?" as the charnel house surrounding his position contains the dead and dying horses needed to pull his guns. Essential reading. Author - General Alexander Cavali? Mercer (1783-1868) Wagram Press Napoleonic Wars Napoleon ; Napoleonic Wars ; Austerlitz ; Marengo ; French Revolution ; Peninsular War ; History of France , AU,DE,ES,FR,GB,UK,IT,MX,US English History, Wagram Press<
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General Cavalie Mercer:
Journal of the Waterloo Campaign Kept Throughout the Campaign of 1815 - gebunden oder broschiert
1927, ISBN: cd602e2cb7a879cdeca19188096abd8b
Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 11.67], [PU: Peter Davies, Limited, London], JOURNAL WATERLOO CAMPAIGN 1815 FORTESCUE, A smart edition of this detailed firsthand account of the Waterl… Mehr…
Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 11.67], [PU: Peter Davies, Limited, London], JOURNAL WATERLOO CAMPAIGN 1815 FORTESCUE, A smart edition of this detailed firsthand account of the Waterloo Campaign of 1815. A firsthand account of the experiences of soldiers during the Waterloo Campaign of 1815, fought between the French Army and two Seventh Coalition armies. Written by General Alexander Cavalie Mercer, a British artillery officer who rose to the rank of General. He is remembered as commander of the G Troop Royal Horse Artillery at the front lines of the fighting during the Battle of Waterloo. With an introduction by Sir John Fortescue, a British military historian. In the original full blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine. A small mark to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good<
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General Cavalie Mercer:
Journal of the Waterloo Campaign Kept Throughout the Campaign of 1815 - gebrauchtes Buch
1815, ISBN: cd602e2cb7a879cdeca19188096abd8b
London: Peter Davies, Limited, 1927. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. A smart edition of this detailed firsthand account of the Waterloo Campaign of 1815. A firsthand account of the e… Mehr…
London: Peter Davies, Limited, 1927. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. A smart edition of this detailed firsthand account of the Waterloo Campaign of 1815. A firsthand account of the experiences of soldiers during the Waterloo Campaign of 1815, fought between the French Army and two Seventh Coalition armies. Written by General Alexander Cavalie Mercer, a British artillery officer who rose to the rank of General. He is remembered as commander of the G Troop Royal Horse Artillery at the front lines of the fighting during the Battle of Waterloo. With an introduction by Sir John Fortescue, a British military historian. In the original full blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine. A small mark to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good, Peter Davies, Limited, 1927, 3<
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