[GIRARDIN, Stanislas, comte de].
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Notice historique des descentes qui ont été faites dans les Isles britanniques,
depuis Guillaume-le-Conquérant jusqu’à l'an VI de la République française; avec une carte enluminée gravée par P.F. Tardieu.
Paris: Crapelet [se vend chez Maradan], An VI, [
1797-8].
4to (270 × 210 mm), pp. [4], 43, [1], plus large folding engraved map, hand coloured in outline, (520 × 650 mm). Uncut in original wrappers with printed label. Creased at corners, with some minor staining, slightly loose, short closed tears to map (no loss), spine perished and one corner of the wrapper. A good, unsophisticated copy.
First edition of this graphic propaganda piece encouraging the projected invasion of Britain by Napoleon’s Revolutionary government. By pushing the definition of invasion and by including a long series of medieval coastal raids on Southern England, General Girardin can list 45 ‘invasions’ from 1066 to the present, with 41 being successful.
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