CREASY, Sir Edward.
The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo.
London Richard Bentley & Son 1879
A handsome copy of this classic work outlining fifteen famous military battles, comprising: Marathon (490 BC), Syracuse (413 BC), Gaugamela (331 BC), Metaurus (207 BC), Teutoburg Forest (AD 9), Châlons (AD 451), Tours (AD 732), Hastings (AD 1066), Siege of Orléans (AD 1429), Spanish Armada (AD 1588), Blenheim (AD 1704), Pultowa (AD 1709), Saratoga (AD 1777), Valmy (AD 1792) and Waterloo (AD 1815). Twenty-ninth edition; 8vo (19 x 13 cm); in-text illustrations, contemporary ownership inscription in pen to front free endpaper recto; contemporary tan calf, covers ruled in gilt, gilt spine in 6 compartments, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges, spine a little faded, slightly rubbed, very good; xiii, [3], 407, [1]pp.
Stock code 125607
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