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Napoleone durante la battaglia di Aboukir. Piccole macchie al margine
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispieces (original tissue guards present), 17 plates and 20 maps and plans (a number folding); original navy blue cloth, upper boards elaborately blocked in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, black endpapers, uncut, a near fine copy. Printed from the American sheets of the same year. 'Admiral Mahan's work, though open to correction in detail and proportion, remains a landmark in Nelson studies' (Warner). SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Hattendorf, A6b; NMM II/1: 974; Sandler 2198.
Piccola incisione, antica ed originale, entro decorativa cornice. Autore: Moritz fec.. Luogo: Egitto - Aboukir. Anno: 1848. Tecnica: acquatinta. Dimensioni: 74x100.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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Veduta panoramica della battaglia
Front cover portrait of Vice-Admiral Sir George Patey, K.C.V.O., Commanding the Australian Squadron. Early gains and losses in the war by sea. Plot and counterplot among the arming neutrals. Centerfold entitled 'How the Germans were Cleared from a French Village with the aid of a '75' gun". Photos and illustrations include: German cruiser Emden's exploit at Madras; Sectional view of a German submarine / unterseeboote; British naval losses in the North Sea on September 22nd, 1914, when the Aboukir, Hogue, and Cressy were torpedoed by German submarines; Torpedo-boat harbours under construction in Heligoland; and more. Above-average wear. Covers secured with tape. Does not include Photogravure of Admiral Beatty. Book