‎Arts militaires‎

‎"MONGE, GASPARD + (BERTHOLLET AND VANDERMONDE).‎

‎Description de L'Art de fabriquer les Canons, faites en exécution de l'arrêté du Comité de salut public, du 18 pluviöse de l'an 2 de la République francaise, une et indivisible. Imprimée par Ordre du Comité de Salut Public.‎

‎Paris, Comité de Salut Public, AN 2 (1794). 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A small tear to leather at top of spine and joint. (4),VIII,231 pp., 4 folded tables and 60 large folded engraved plates. The first few leaves with scattered brownspots.‎

‎"MULLER, JOHN.‎

‎A Treatise of Artillery: containing I. General Constructions of Brass and Iron Guns... carriages. II.,,, Mortars and Howitzes... III. Dimensions of cariages... IV. Excercise of the regiment.... V.... its march and Encampment, Ammunitions... VI.... nec...‎

‎London, John Millan, 1780. Contemp. full calf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Innner hinge strenghtened. Stamp on title-page. Engraved frontispiece. (8),XL,214,(2) pp. A few scattered brownspots.‎

‎By the head-master of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. Muller was ""the scolastic father of all the great engineers this country employed for forty years"" (Hill, in Boswell).‎

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‎"MULLER, JOHN.‎

‎A Treatise containing the practical Part of Fortification. In Four parts. I. The Theory of Walls... II. The Knowledge of the Materials... III. The Manner of tracing a Fortress on the Ground.... IV. The method of Building Aquatics... Harbours, Quays, W...‎

‎London, A. Millar, 1764. Contemp. full calf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. XXIV,302 pp., 8 engraved tables, 26 (of 28 ?) folded engraved plates. A few marginal brownspots. Clean and fine.‎

‎"NOIZET SAINT PAUL, CASPAR de.‎

‎Elementos de fortificacione, escritos en francés... y traducidos al castellano para el uso de los caballeros cadete del regimento real de Zapadores-Minadores-Pontoneros). Atlas, alone.‎

‎(Madrid, Impr. Reale, 1818). Small folio-oblong. (21,5 x 33,5 cm.). Contemp. hcalf. Handwritten titlelabel on upper board: ""Laminas para los Elementos de Fortificacion..."". With 71 (numb. I-LXXI) engraved plates in 4to and folio, many folded. 2 plates at end repaired in outer margin with a small loss of image. A few scattred brownspots.‎

‎Klaus Jordan, 2721.‎

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‎"NOIZET SAINT PAUL, (GASPARD de).‎

‎Planches: ""Élémens de Fortifications a L'usage des Officiers des Etats-Majors des Armées...""‎

‎(Paris, Barrois L'Ainé, 1811-12). Folio-oblong. (21,5 x 40 cm.). Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel on upper board ""Planches de Noizet-Saint-Paul Elemens de Fortifications."". The atlas is complete with 71 engraved folio-plates, some folding. Plates clean and fine. Without the text-volumes.‎

‎"OLSEN, O.R.‎

‎Generallieutnant Albert Borgaards Levnet og Bedrifter, tilligemed en kort Oversigt af de nærmest hermed i Forbindelse staaende Krigsbegivenheder.‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, Bianco Lunø, 1839. Samtidigt hldrbd. Stempel på titelbladet. Samtidigt hldrbd. Rygforgyldning. Forgyldt skindtitel. En papirsetiket påsat ryg. Stempel på titelbladet. Litograferet portræt. 82),190 pp., 1 litograferet foldekort. Trykt på velin-papir. ren. Med dedikation ""ærbødigst fra Forfatteren"" (øverst på titelbladet).‎

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‎"OUDINOT, LE GENERAL MIS.‎

‎de L'Italie et de ses Forces Militaires.‎

‎Paris, Anselin, 1835. Cont. hcalf. Gilt back. Stamp on halftitle and title. Clean and fine. (4),324,(2) pp. and 1 large folded engraved map: ""Carte Routiere D'Italie...depuis 1792, jusqu'en 1815 dessinée par A.R. Fremin"".‎

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‎"PANCKOUCKE (PUBL.) - M. de KÈRALIO et al.‎

‎Encyclopédie Méthodique. Art Militaire. 4 Tom. (Tome quatrieme= Supplement). + Recueil de Planches.‎

‎Paris, Panckoucke. Liege, Plomteux, 1774-97. 4to. 5 uniform contemp. hcalf. Spines gilt, titlelabels with gilt lettering. Spines slightly rubbed. Ca. 3300 pp. and 75, mostly double-page, engraved plates.‎

‎At the end of the platevolume is bound the platesection belonging to the heraldic part of the Encyclopédie: ""Blason ou Art Héraldique"" with 31, mostly double-page, folded engraved plates + 2 engraved plates belonging to ""Chorégraphie ou Art d'Ecrire la Danse"".‎

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‎"PETERSON, VAL (US Ambassabor) (+) KUTER, LAURENCE S., (U.S. Air Force general and Commander in Chief of NORAD)‎

‎The Danish Journalists’ Tour of the North American Defense Command 10th July – 12th August. - [THE DANISH JOURNALISTS' TOUR OF THE ""NORTH AMERICAN DEFENSE COMMAND"" 10TH JULY – 12TH AUGUST]‎

‎(USA), The North American Defense Command, 1960. Elephant Folio (765 x 515 mm). Large collection of photos with accompanying commentaries, in the custom made blue binding with gilt lettering to front board. 137 original monochrome photos (measuring 255 x 200 mm) pasted on to 40 leaves of paper documenting a month long trip to document the US Air Defense System from Copenhagen to New York, Washington, Chicago, San Francisco and, the main focus of the trip, Thule and Station Nord in the North of Greenland. Also inserted are two formal signed letters to chief editor of the Danish newspaper Fyns Tidende, Knud Madsen, 1) from Val Peterson, American Ambassador to Denmark, 2) from Laurence S. Kuter, U.S. Air Force general and Commander in Chief of NORAD. Both letters are thanking Knud for his time, for their close working relationship and for his understanding. Light wear to extremities and paper slightly browned in margin but otherwise in fine condition and all photos well preserved.‎

‎Exceedingly rare photo album - curated by the North American Defense Command with personal signed letters by Val Peterson, American Ambassador to Denmark and Laurence S. Kuter, U.S. Air Force general and Commander in Chief of NORAD - depicting the Danish journalists' tour of the North American Defense Command in the summer of 1960. The album is of the utmost scarcity and was only presented to a select few of the participants of the tour. The present collection is a testament to one of the most controversial and disputed chapters in the Danish-North American relationship, namely that of Camp Century on Greenland" this includes installation of a portable nuclear reactor, the first of its kind, and eventually the creation of a vast network of nuclear missile launch sites – information only declassified in 1996. Furthermore, it is a fine example of US-military Cold War propaganda and it sought to influence the public opinion in allied countries. In 1951, the United States and Denmark - both founding members of the North American Treaty Organization (NATO) - signed the Defense of Greenland Agreement. The treaty was intended “to negotiate arrangements under which armed forces of the parties to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization may make use of facilities in Greenland in defense of Greenland and the rest of the North Atlantic Treaty area.” More simply put, the agreement allowed the United States to build military bases in Greenland. Denmark and the US had signed a formal agreement granting America the right to maintain military bases in Greenland, but only in strictly defined areas, such as Thule Air Base in Northwest Greenland. They still needed approval from the Danish authorities for all activities outside these defence areas. In 1957, without informing the Danish Parliament, the Danish Prime Minister H. C. Hansen gave the Americans permission to store nuclear weapons at Thule AB. When the US Army constructed Camp Century, complete with its own transportable nuclear reactor, the Danish Government found itself in a tight corner. As news about Camp Century spread due to the army’s publicity campaign, the Danish authorities were forced to explain that there were no nukes in Greenland. The Danes had to either give in entirely to the American requests to deploy various nuclear weapons in Greenland, or take a firmer stand against the Americans. Denmark opted for the second solution. In recognition of the unfavourable public climate in Denmark, the US military issued a press campaign to provide better understanding of the need for military bases in the Artic. This was primarily done by inviting chief editors from the major Danish newspapers on a month long trip to the US as is evident from the present photos, no expenses were spared. As ambassador Val Peterson wrote to Danish chief editor Knud Madsen in the accompanying letter:“From personal conversations with several participants in your tour, and from articles about the trip which already have appeared in the Danish press, I know that the various sponsoring agencies have done their utmost to make your visit instructive as well as pleasant. Above all, I am happy that you have had an opportunity to gain an insight in the vast effort made the the United States to safeguard the security of the free world and to maintain the peace, in close and cordial cooperation with our friends and Allies, Denmark prominently among them” And General Laurence S. Kuter: “We were delighted to have an opportunity to explain the important segments of our defense system to you – the NORAD Story. Denmark will continue to play a very important role in North American’s air and aerospace defenses in permitting important detection devices to be located in Greenland. Denmark is the only continental NATO power which provides such land-basing opportunity, which is essential for North America’s surveillance of the polar approach route. We hope, as a result of your visit, we now have a closer working relationship and understanding.” (From the accompanying letter). Over the next decade, the American military built three air bases in Greenland: Narssarsuaq, Sondestrom, and Thule. In context of the Cold War, these bases provided a refueling point and a base of operations for intermediate-range strategic bombers. Additionally, the United States deployed radar stations in Greenland to maintain a Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) and a Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line, which would give the United States advance warning of a Soviet nuclear attack. The Thule Air Base is the only of the three which is still operational today. Located less than 1,000 miles from the North Pole, it is the U.S. Air Force’s northernmost base. Construction on Camp Century began in June 1959 and was completed by October 1960. Army engineers first had to build a three mile road to bring the 6,000 tons of supplies it would require to build the $8 million facility. Most of the heavy equipment, including vehicles, were brought by bobsleds known as “heavy swings” which had a maximum speed of two miles per hour, making it a 70 hour trip from the Thule Air Base. The camp itself was not a secret. Officially, it was built for scientific purposes under the auspices of the Army Polar Research and Development Center. The Army even produced a short film promoting Camp Century as a “remote research community.” The facility did see some significant scientific discoveries, such as some of the first studies of ice cores, revealing geological secrets going back 100,000 years. Science, however was not the primary purpose of Camp Century. The facility was built primarily as a test for a military operation involving nuclear missiles. The U.S. Army continued to operate Camp Century in a limited capacity until 1966. Its tunnels quickly collapsed, and today the facility is unreachable, buried under a thick layer of ice. Project Iceworm remained a closely guarded secret until 1997, when the Danish Institute of International Affairs (DUPI) reported Camp Century’s military ambitions.‎

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‎"RAVATON, HUGO (HUGUES). - A FUNDAMENTAL WORK ON MILITARY SURGERY.‎

‎Abhandlungen von Schuss=Hieb= und Stichwunden nebst einem Anhange von der Einrichtung eines Feldhospitals und dem Verzeichnisse alles dessen, was dazu erfordert wird. Aus der französischen Handschrift des Verfassers übersetzt.‎

‎Strassburg, Johann Gottfried Bauer, 1767. Contemp. hcalf. A nick to upper compartment with loss of some leather. Raised bands, titlelabel with gilt lettering. Spine a bit rubbed. (8) IX-XLVIII,642,(14) pp. and 7 folded engraved plates. Internally clean and fine.‎

‎Extremely scarce German edition, translated from the French manuscript to the second French edition which is much enlarged in relation to the work which was published in 1750 as ""Traité des playes d'armes à feu...."". The work was only published in French a year later (1768) with the title ""Chirurgie d'armée, ou traité des plaies d'armes à feu, et d'armes blanches...et une infinité d'autres détails neufs & intéressants."".""One of the most importent works on military surgery during the 18th century. Ravaton, a skillfull army surgeon, was the first to employ a tin boot, suspended on four rings, for the ""hanging"" position of broken bones. He was also the first to to adopt the double-flap method in amputations"". (Garrison & Morton No 2154, but here listed the French edition from 1768).This edition not in Wellcome. (Wellcome IV, p. 478 (French editions) - Waller I, p.344.‎

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‎"REITZENSTEIN II, H. FREIHERR von.‎

‎Die Expedition der Franzosen und Engländer gegen die Citadelle von Antwerpen. (Text + Atlas).‎

‎Berlin, Posen und Bromberg, Mittler, 1834. 8vo a. folio. Textvol.: Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. stamp on title-page. XIV,240,214 (Beilagen) pp. Atlas: Contemp. hcalf-portfolio with original printed wrappers pasted on boards with lithographed view. Spine worn, boards soiled. With 12 ""Beilagen"" and 15 maps and plates, some folding, all in loose sheets. In all 18 ""Beilagen"" (6 in textvol., 12 in Atlas-vol.) and 15 (of 16 ??) maps/plans and plates, lithographed.‎

‎"ROTHENBURG, F.R. von.‎

‎Schlachten Atlas. Fünfte vermehrte Ausgabe. Nur Textband.‎

‎Berlin, E. Kortmann, 1853. Small folio-oblong. Rebacked. Clothcovers prserving the original gilt title on upper cover. Stamp on title-page. Lithographed title-page. Ca. 500 unnumbered textleaves containg text to the 137 battle-plans (""Schlachten""), but only the text is present. Faint scattered brownspots. A few leaves with marginal repairs.‎

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‎"RUSCELLI, GIROLAMI. (ALEXIS OF PIEDMONT).‎

‎Kriegs und Archeley Kunst. Das ist, Gründliche unnd aussführliche Underweisung was nicht allein einem Capitain oder Hauptmann, sondern auch einem Archeley und Büchenmeister fürnemlich zu wissen von nöthen: Wie eine Vestung zu beschützen, unnd Gleicfal...‎

‎Franckfurt, Jacobi di Zetter, 1620. Folio. Bound in a 19th century hcal. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Spine ends and fronthinge repaired. Spine rubbed. Fine (a bit shaved) engraved pictorial title (canons, equipment etc.), (12),145,(3) pp. and 15 double-page engraved plates, 8 showing artillery in function, technical descriptions, and diving equipments shown on plate 14 !!). A few brownspots to plates. One plate with a repaired tear, no loss. Textleaves clean and fine.‎

‎First German edition. A second part was issued with its own separate title-page. The offered parts deals with artillery and is complete with the 15 plates. The diving equipments depicted on plate 14 consist of an inflated bladder which is attached to a belt and an iron-head with a long snorkel and some air-pumps used for diving activities.Jähns, 656. - Sloos. Warfare and the Age of Printing, 7008.The Italian physician, alchemist and cartographer, Alexis of Piedmont or Girolamo Ruscelli, was born in Viterbo, Italy around 1500 (perhaps earlier), and died in Venice, Italy around 1565. He is (probably) the author of the important ""Secreti"", published in 1555, and the ""Secreti Nuovi"", published in 1567, the first of which was extremely popular and of considerable influence, the second of which must be said to be of the greatest interest, but apparently not very widely read. He also translated the Geography of Ptolemy into Italian, and his books on war and fire-works are now quite scarce. Most of his works were popular in his life-time and the century to come, and they were translated into Latin, German, French and Welsh. At a very early point he indicated the plan of a scientific academy, and he must be said to be a very interesting 16th century scientist.‎

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‎"SAINT-HILAIRE (ÉMILE) MARCO DE.‎

‎Histoire de la campagne de Russie pendant l'année 1812 et de la captivité des prisonniers français en Sibérie et dans les autres provinces de l'empire, précédée d'un résumé de l'histoire de Russie. 2 vols.‎

‎Paris, Penaud, sans date [1846-1848]. Royal8vo. Nine parts bound with the original printed wrappers in two nice contemporary red half calf bindings with richly gilt spines. Book plate of ""Le Comte Louis Tascher de Lapagerie"" pasted on to pasted down front end-paper in both volumes. Bindings with light soiling and corner bumped. Inner hindges partly split but bookblocks firmly attached. Very light occassional brownspotting - an overall nice copy. (2), VIII, 645" (4), 610, (2) pp. + 30 coloured plates. Complete.‎

‎Fine copy of Saint-Hilairy’s extensive and beautifully illustrated work on the history of the Russian campaign in 1812 and of the captivity of French prisoners in Siberia and in other provinces of the Russian empire.‎

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‎"SCHEEL, HEINRICH OTTO.‎

‎Almindelig Udkast af Krigens Skueplads, eller geographisk, topographisk og historisk Beskrivelse over Kongerigerne: Danmark, Norge og Sverrig samt deres Tydske Provindser, som Indledning til Kong Frederik IV Krigs=Historie...fordansket ved Thomas Thaa...‎

‎København, Stein, 1785. 4to. I samtidigt hellæderbind med fem ophøjede bind og forgyldt titel på ryg. Bind med en del slitage. ""Aalborgske Infanterie Regiment"" i forgyldt titel på forperm. Ex-libris på verso af forperm. Tidligere ejers navn på titelblad. (16), 656 pp. samt subskribentliste (6) pp. og stort udfoldeligt kobberstukket Nordenskort, 1 kobberstukket tekstvignet. Stort eksemplar på skrivepapir.‎

‎Originaludgaven. Scheel havde til hensigt at forfatte historien om Den store Nordiske Krig (1700 + 1709-20), men nåede ikke at fuldføre andet end denne stort anlagte oversigt over de geografiske rammer for begivenhederne. Bibl. Danica III:277.‎

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‎"SCHARNHORST, G.‎

‎Militairisk Lommebog til Brug i Feldten. Oversat af P. Clementin.‎

‎Kiøbenhavn, Arntzen & Harkier, 1804. Lille8vo. Samt. hldrbd. Rygforgyldning og titelfelt i skind. Ryg noget slidt. Lettere brugsspor. Papirsetiket på ryg. Stempel på titelbladet og verso. (14),468 pp. + Anhang 38 pp. samt 8 store udfoldelige kobberstukne plancher. Tryky på skrivepapir. Indvendig ren.‎

‎Første danske udgave, oversat efter hans tyske værk ""Militatärisches Taschenbuch zum Gebrauch im Felde.""‎

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‎"SCHARNHORST, G.‎

‎Militairisk Lommebog til Brug i Feldten. Oversat af P. Clementin.‎

‎Kiøbenhavn, Arntzen & Harkier, 1804. Lille8vo. Samt. hldrbd. Rygforgyldning og titelfelt i skind. Ryg noget slidt. Lettere brugsspor. Papirsetiket på ryg. Stempel på titelbladet og verso. (14),468 pp. + Anhang 38 pp. samt 8 store udfoldelige kobberstukne plancher. Tryky på skrivepapir. Indvendig ren.‎

‎"SCHEITHER, JOHANN BERNHARD‎

‎Novissima Praxis Militaris, oder: Neu-Vermehrte, und verstärckte Festungs-Baw- und Krieges-Schuel, bey der allerletzten und gewaltsambsten Belagerung der vortrefflichen Weltberühmten Vestung Candia (Crete, ""Kingdom of Candia""), durch selbsteigne Erfah...‎

‎Braunschweig, Zilliger und Gruber, 1672. Folio. Contemp. full vellum with handwritten title on spine. Some spotting to covers. Stamp on foot of title-page. (6),120 pp. Some browning to leaves. Lacking the engraved title-page (printed title-page present) and the plates.‎

‎"SEMEK, ANTON.‎

‎Geschichte der K. und K. Wehrmacht. Die Regimenter, Corps, Branchen und Anstalten vom 1618 bis Ende des XIX. Jahrhunderts. IV. Bd.:1. Theil (Artillerie).‎

‎Wien, Seidel & Sohn, 1905. Lex8vo. Orig. full cloth. Richly gilt spine. Stamp on title-page. XI,639 pp., 4 folded tables. clean and fine.‎

‎Supplement zu den ""Mittheilungen des k.k. Kriegs-Archivs.""‎

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‎"SIACCI, F. - BALLISTICS.‎

‎Blistique Extèrieure. Traduction annotée par P. Laurent suivie d'une Note sur les Projectiles discoïdes par F. Chapel.‎

‎Paris, Berger-Levrault et Cie, 1892. Royal8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Stamps otitlepage. XVI,474 pp., textillustrations and ""Tables Numeriques"". Internally clean and fine.‎

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‎"SONNTAG, F.C. von.‎

‎Der Festungskrieg. Atlas only.‎

‎(Stuttgart, Schweizerbart, 1836). Folio. (40 x 28 cm.). Contemp. hcalf. Titlelabel with gilt lettering on upper cover. With 18 double-page lithographed plates. The last plate (Die Belagerung der Citadelle von Antwerpen) with handcolouring. Faint scattered brownspots.‎

‎Atlas-volume to Sonntag's ""Der Festungskrieg im Geiste der neuesten Kriegsführung, für Offiziere jeder Waffe."" - Klaus Jordan,3535.‎

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‎"SONNTAG, F.C. von.‎

‎Der Festungskrieg. Atlas only.‎

‎(Stuttgart, Schweizerbart, 1836). Folio. (40 x 28 cm.). Contemp. hcalf. Titlelabel with gilt lettering on upper cover. With 18 double-page lithographed plates. The last plate (Die Belagerung der Citadelle von Antwerpen) with handcolouring. Faint scattered brownspots.‎

‎"STURM, LEONHARD CHRIST.‎

‎Der Wahre Vauban, oder der von den Teutschen und Holländern verbesserte Französische Ingenieur, worinnen I. die Arithmetic, II. die Geometrie, III. die off- und deffensiv- Kriegs-Bau-Kunst, nach den Grundsäzen des berühmten Herrn von Vauban (+) Berich...‎

‎Nuremberg, P. C. Monath, 1737. 4to. In contemporary full calf and five raised bands. Wear to extremities and most of gilt ornamentation to spine worn off. Dampstain to title-page. Light brownspotting throughout. (6), 3-165 (wanting Pp. 1-2), 54 pp. + 32 (of 35) hand coloured plates.‎

‎First German edition (first published in French, ""Le Veritable Vauban,"" at the Hague in 1708) of Vauban's famous fortifications.‎

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‎"SVENSKA KRIGSMANNA SÄLLSKAPETS HANDLINGER.‎

‎År 1797. Förra haftet. (Stockholm,, Ekmanson, 1797).‎

‎Samt. papbd. med nogle pletter. 104,15 pp. Stempel p. titel.‎

‎Dette 1. hefte af tidsskriftet med dets programerklæring og dets ""Grund-Lag"" (15 pp.) medindbundet. Sth., J. Pehr Lindh, 1796.‎

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‎"THE PENINSULA WAR 1807-1814. -‎

‎Collection of 15 large lithographed maps relating to the battles during the Peninsula war. The maps are lithographed from the original Drawing(s) in the Qr Mr Genls Office, at the Top.l Dept of the War Office (by) H. James.‎

‎(London, War Office, 1860-70). All of the large maps are lithographed (one signed ""lith. James Ferguson"") with positions in colour. The measures given are paper sizes, comprising: 1. Movements of the two Armies after the Repulse of Marshal Massena's Attack upon the Position of Busaco. (68 x 82 cm.).- 2. Battle of Talevera de la Reyna fought on the 27th & 28th July 1809. (113 x 68 cm.). - 3. Battle of Busaco. General Position of the French and allied Armies on the 26th September 1810. (68 x 100 cm.). - 4-6. Battle of Fuentes D'Onoro, Fought on the 3rd and 5th May 1811. Map 1-3., each (68 x 100 cm.). - 7-15. all with the heading title Massena's Retreat No. 1-3 and 5-10 each around (51 x 67 cm.). At end one untitled map. Some foldings strenghtened with tape.‎