Comte de Paris, The Battle of Gettysburg, 1st Ed.

Description

The Comte de Paris’ The Battle of Gettysburg gave a detailed history of the battle before many other important works. The Comte de Paris served as a staff officer to General McClellan during the war and produced a voluminous multi-volume history. This book is taken from that writing.

The Battle of Gettysburg is an important early contribution to Gettysburg history. It includes much data and many maps, including folding maps. First edition copies with the maps intact, like this one, can be hard to find.

Lightly shaken; lightly foxed; minimal shelf wear; else very good and uncommonly bright. P

aris, Louis Phillippe Albert d’Orleans, Comte de. THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG: FROM THE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1886. 1st edition thus, 315p., maps, folding maps.