Lot 08117

[French invasion of Russia] CLAUSEWITZ, La Campagne de 1812 en Russie / Traduit de l’allemand par M. Bégouën, Paris, Chapelot, 1900. In-8 °, p. ix+[1]+210, 1 large folding map, 1 table h.t. leaflet.

First French edition of this famous text. Clausewitz claims that the reason of Napoleon’s defeat was the immensity of his conquest and not only the skill of the Russian generals. Industrial half-leather binding, smooth spine decorated with gilded threads. Colored endpapers and page edges. Near fine copy in general.