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Lot 16:
LETTERS From Portugal and Spain. written during the march of the British Troops under Sir John Moore. By an Officer. London: Longman, Hurst, rees, and Orme, 1809.
xiv, [2], 320, 6 grav., 1 mapa: il.; 220 mm.
Detailed description of the movements and actions of the British army under the aegis of John Moore. Illustrated with a fold-out map depicting the battle that took place near A Coruña and with six colored engravings of Salamanca, Vimeira Battlefield. from the Tancos valley in Portugal, Trajan's Bridge over the Tagus in Alcântara, the road to Lugo on the Nogallis hill, the Hills of A Coruña where the battle took place. Important epistolographic record about the Peninsular War and the presence of the British army in Portugal.
¶ Duarte de Sousa, Secs. XiX-XX, n.º421.
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