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Egypt - BERTHIER (Louis-Alexandre, Marshal) & REYNIER (Jean-Louis-Ébénézer, General). Memoirs of Marshal Berthier, Prince of Neufchatel and Wagram, Major-General of the French armies. Campaign in Egypt. Paris, Baudoin, 1827. 2 vol. in-8, half green basane, smooth decorated spines, gold titles. XIX - 436 pp. & XVI - 412 pp. Illustrated with 2 finely copper-engraved hors-texte plates and 3 folding pictures. Published in the Mémoires des Contemporains, these two memoirs deal with the Egyptian Campaign. The first volume contains the Memoirs of Berthier increased by a large number of supporting documents compared to the previous editions. The second volume contains the Memoirs of General Reynier, plus a biographical note and supporting documents, a first edition of which bore the title "Of Egypt after the Battle of Heliopolis". Nice copy, a few little freckles.