8vo. In two volumes. xvi, [2], 314pp, [2]; viii, [2], 298pp, [2]. With 22 engraved plates, a leaf of errata and a terminal list of plates to both volumes. Finely bound in contemporary burgundy morocco, richly gilt-tooled, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Book-labels of Charles Benson to FEPs; inked gift inscription addressed to 'Theodore Beale, from his friend Henry Gore Hulse on his leaving Eton. July 1838' to FFEP of vol. i. Scattered spotting,

The scarce second edition, finely bound, of Lt. Col Sir Andrew Leith-Hay's (1785-1862) narrative of the Peninsular War, compiled from his own sketches of the Iberian conflict during active service. His obituary notes Leith's presence at 'the terrible retreat of Sir John Moore on Corunna, when the British army marched day after day, ankle deep in mud, until the last the fearful embarkation took place, which left so many gallant British soldiers dead upon the shore', as well as 'the sanguinary battle of Talavera, also at Busaco, famous in song'.

Rare; COPAC records a single copy (BL), OCLC adds 3 further (CSH, SFB, S5B).