The Dispatches of Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington, during his Various Campaigns in India, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, the Low Countries, and France. Compiled from Official and other Authentic Documents.

Edité par London: Parker, Furnivall, and Parker, 1844-47

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Second edition, enlarged and revised with extra coverage of the wars in India and Europe. This work is indispensable for the study of Wellington's campaigns and perhaps the only source for an occasional glimpse of the man himself. Colonel John Gurwood (1788-1845) served in the Peninsular War from 1808 to 1812, fighting at Ciudad Rodrigo and taking part in the "forlorn hope". "He was concussed in the breach from a head wound, but after regaining consciousness made his way to the citadel and took prisoner the governor, General Barrié, at dinner. The governor surrendered his sword, which Gurwood presented to Wellington. It was returned to him next day when Lord Fitzroy Somerset buckled it on Gurwood in the breach where he had been wounded" (ODNB). In 1834 Gurwood began to publish Wellington's correspondence, with the fervent support of the duke himself. The work was well received among both political and military audiences and the general public, leading him to release a number of revised and abridged editions. This set of the second edition is an early state, with the final line of Volume IV, page 45 missing. The substitution leaf to correct this error is present at the rear of Volume VI. Provenance: inscribed "Kirkmichael House 1844" to front pastedown or front free endpaper recto of each volume. Kirkmichael House, Maybole, Ayrshire, was home to General Sir James Shaw Kennedy (1788-1865), a distinguished Peninsular and Waterloo veteran. One of Wellington's letters held by the University of Southampton (MS61/WP2/122/27-29) includes enclosed correspondence from Kennedy to Lieutenant General FitzRoy Somerset, dated and addressed Kirkmichael House, 9 July 1844. Bruce 2114; Partridge 16. 8 vols, octavo. Tissue-guarded mezzotint portrait frontispiece by Burgess after Lawrence in vol. I, general title with engraved arms of Wellington in each vol., tables in text. With 4 pp. of publisher's advertisements at rear of vol. I as issued. Original red morocco-grain cloth, inelegantly rebacked, red roan spine labels, boards stamped with Wellington's arms in gilt, light yellow endpapers, edges untrimmed, binder's ticket of Remnant & Edmonds to vol. II rear pastedown. Old shelf mark to vol. I front free endpaper verso, some pencil notes to margins, especially in vol. III, appendix of vol. III with corrections in ink. Boards soiled, tips bumped, inner hinges of all vols stabilized, vol. III with new rear board and excised rear free endpaper, contents bright: a good, serviceable set.

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The Dispatches of Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington, during his Various Campaigns in India, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, the Low Countries, and France. Compiled from Official and other Authentic Documents.
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WELLINGTON, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of - GURWOOD, John (ed.).
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London: Parker, Furnivall, and Parker, 1844-47

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