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Felix Bouvier : Bonaparte en Italie

Marginal marks and MS notes throughout, incl. v.2 giving Nov 12 1904 as the "second time of reading" and v.1 July 24, 1920: "3rd time of reading A most excellent military history; - I think, the best I ever read". V.II has a MS chronology on pastedown and endpaper, giving the dates of Bonaparte's movements in April and May 1796. Notes incl. translations of French words, and comments e.g., by a footnote on a letter published in Le Moniteur "dont l'authenticite nous pariat fort suspecte", he writes: "rather!"

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: George Otto Trevelyan      Print: Book

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