CHAMBRAY ([George, Marquis] de) & BRERETON (Major William) [transl.]

Prussia in 1833.

Organization of the Army of Prussia, and her Civil Institutions. Translated from the French… [by Major William Brereton] Light browning, otherwise very good in modern black morocco-backed black linen boards. 66pp. T. and W. Boone, 1834.

£125.00

“This little work is but a transcript of notes made during a residence at Berlin of twenty days, and during a journey of twenty-six days in going and returning. I must, however, make an exception as to what I have said upon the military institutions of Prussia; this has been the result of much reflexion and enquiry.” [From the Author’s Preface]

This copy inscribed as “Presented to the U[nited] S[ervices] C[lub] by the translator - Major Brereton, Royal Artillery”. Brereton, a veteran of the Peninsula and Waterloo, where he was severely wounded, must have felt this paper by his fellow artillery officer to be of sufficient topical interest to deserve translation. A couple of corrections in Brereton’s hand to the Appendix.

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