STANISŁAW BROEKERE
b. officer of the French-Polish legions
MEMOIRS OF THE SPANISH WAR
(1808-1814)
With a portrait of the author
Translated from the original German by his daughter Paulina Cybulska
Warsaw 1877, Printed by Józef Ungra, pp. XVI, 336, VIII, plate 2; format 12.5x18.5 cm
Interesting memoirs of an officer of the 9th infantry regiment of the Duchy of Warsaw, a veteran of fighting in Spain, especially in the passages describing Spanish customs and mentality. The memoirs also cover captivity. The final chapter gives an extensive account of the siege of Zaragoza.
The author's daughter and also translator of his diary writes in the introduction: "As a good Polish woman, not wanting my father's manuscript to pass into the hands of a foreign nation as written in the German language, I made every effort to have the manuscript printed in our native language."
Napoleoniana. Rare and sought-after!
HARDCOVER HALF LEATHER CONTEMPORARY STYLIZED TO THE ERA, RAISED GILT ON THE SPINE, EMBOSSING AND GILDING, COLORFUL SIGNS, DECORATIVE HAND-DYED MARBLED PAPER ON THE COVERS. CARD TRIMS STAINED
DB condition/ p.titlepage duplicated with paper strips, 2 others with small tears and pale traces of staining, otherwise pieces clean, after dripping, EFFECTIVE BINDING
