Memoirs of General Count Rapp, First Aide-de-Camp to Napoleon, London, 1823

First published in 1823, the Memoirs of General Count Rapp provide a vivid first-hand account of the Napoleonic era from one of the Emperor’s most trusted officers. As first aide-de-camp to Napoleon, Count Rapp was present at many of the defining campaigns of the period, and his recollections offer valuable insight into both the military events and the character of Napoleon himself. Written with clarity and immediacy, the work combines battlefield narrative with personal observation, illuminating the inner workings of the Imperial court and the personalities who shaped it. It remains an important contemporary source for the study of the Napoleonic wars.

Memoirs of General Count Rapp, First Aide-de-Camp to Napoleon. Written by Himself and Published by His Family. 

Printed for Henry Colburn and Co., London. 1823 first edition.

A very good copy of this work, bound in later tan leather with red morocco title label with gilt. With raised bands and gilt rules to spine. With marbled endpapers. All soundly bound. Covers with light wear and rubbing.

Ex-library, but evident only by one ink stamp to top margin of title page, “Guille Library Guernsey”. Some gaps to gutter after endpapers at either end of book from the rebind, but not affecting binding integrity. Portrait frontispiece with some damp staining. Text is generally very good - bright and clean throughout with light scattered spots. Occasional ragged vertical edge.

Text in English.

viii + 431pp.

Dimensions: approx 230mm high x 147mm wide x 42mm deep.
Weight: approx 823g (unpacked)