Copies of original letters from the army of General Bonaparte in Egypt, intercepted by the fleet under the command of Admiral Lord Nelson. With an English translation..

London, J. Wright, 1798, format in-8°, xxiii pp (with folding frontispiece map) + 248 pp. Bound in later 19th c. polished half leather, Smooth spine with gilt title. Binding discoloured, some wear at the joints, Top turn-in a litle damaged, endpaper unevenly browned, interior fine, without stains or foxing. Still an acceptable copy . With the printed armorial bookplate of Thomas Somers Vernon Cocks. One of the first books published in English (with French texts of the letters) on the exploits of this Frenchman.