Descrizione

Early Edition. With a number of maps and illustrations throughout. Thick 8vo, Handsomely bound in full polished tree calf, the covers with double gilt filllet rules at the borders, the spine with raised bands gilt stopped, four compartments fully gilt decorated within panels with elaborate borders and central gilt tooling, two compartments lettered in gilt on red and green contrasting morocco labels, fine marbled endleaves and marbled edges. xv, [1], 638, [1] pp. A very handsome copy, the binding tight and strong and very well preserved.

Edizione: a handsomely bound copy of this oft reprinted work. "this edition comprises the complete text of . of sir edward s. creasy's original work." it covers from the battle of marathon in 490 b.c., to the battle of waterloo in 1815. included are the battles of marathon, syracuse, arbela, metaurus, the victory of arminiius over the roman legions under varus, the battle of challons, the battle of tours, the battle of hastings, joan of arc's victory over the e/nglish at orleans, the defeat of the spanish armada, the battle of blenheim, the battle of pultowa, the victory of the americans over burgoyne at saratoga, the battle of valmy and the battle of waterloo.