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Condizione: Good. 8vo. 22.7x13.2 cm (9x5¼"), contemporary brown diced half Russia leather, marbled paper boards, gilt decorated and lettered spines. First Editions.11 volumes, comprising: First Series, Volumes 1-7; New Series, Volumes 1-4. Engraved title-pages to each volume of the first series; 58 portraits; nine folding maps; 12 plates and one folding plan.An unusually long run (and almost complete, save for the final two volumes) of this interesting and important monthly periodical published for British military officers. It contains military histories, news on current campaigns (particularly the conflicts with Napoleon l's France on the Iberian Peninsula), biographies of prominent officers, lists of promotions, essays on the art of war, correspondence and, oddly in volume seven is Voyage Down the Rhine From Mentz to Holland by "the Late Mrs. Radcliffe, Authoress of The Mysteries of Udolpho, etc." When this was issued Ann Radcliffe was to live for another ten years. There are other, but less interesting, anomalies, such as a printing of Voltaire's Life of Peter the Great, etc. .Ownership signature in volumes one through four and nine of Sir Charles Chichester (1795-1847) who "was reputed one of the best regimental commanding officers in the British army" - DNB. The folding map for the January 1811 issue is laid in and possibly provided from another copy.Condition:Only light shelf wear and slight fading to some of the spines; a couple of folding plates torn along the folds, without loss; a near fine set in a handsome contemporary binding.Sabin 73801 and 73802; OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:224891395 (first series):Supplements: v. 1. Life of Sir John Moorev. 2. Memoirs of Captain George Carleton and the campaigns of the Earl of Peterborough.v. 3. The life of Prince Eugene, of Savoy .v. 4. The life of Charles XII, King of Sweden .v. 6. Life and campaigns of Field-Marshal Suworow.Campaign of General Moreau in Germany in 1796, with his memorable Retreat through the Black Forestv. 7. The life of the great Conde.…