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8vo. Slightly later three-quarter tan leather, spines richly gilt with two green lables (by Young & sons, Liverpool). Paris, Ponthieu et comp., 1828 (I-II); L.-G. Michaud, 1831-38 (III-XIII). First edition of this detailed account of the campaigns against France from 1792 until 1815, published anonymously. They are not real memoirs, but a compilation from historical sources. The Revolution occupies the first seven volumes. It is sometimes assumed that copied parts of the unpublished memoirs of the Prussian statesman Karl August von Hardenberg (1750-1822) were incorporated in this work. Hardenberg's manuscript had been given to King Frederick William IV who prohibited its disclosure before 1850. The first two volumes are the work of Beauchamp and Schubart; Schubart published vols. 3-5, followed by d'Allonville who compiled vols. 6-9; Beauchamp wrote vol. 10, and 11-12 are by d'Allonville. - Barbier II, 260-61; Quérard, Superchéries, II, 296-299; Hoefer II, 166 (d'Allonville), XXIII, 349 (Hardenberg). FRANCE ; HISTORY (KULTURGESCHICHTE) ;