75/1045 [Spain]. Storm de Grave, A.J.P. Mijne herinneringen uit den Spaanschen veldtogt, gedurende de jaren 1808 en 1809. Amst., J. van der Hey, 1820, XXIII,(1),360p., engr. title, 2 handcol. (1x in outlines) fold. maps, 2 engr. plates and 2 contemp. handcol. aquatint plates, fold. leaf w. engr. music, contemp. marbled boards w. gilt mor. letterpiece.

- Binding sl. rubbed and worn.

= Rare. Not in Tiele, Landwehr, Foulché-Delbosc and Pohler. S.A. Vosters, Spanje in de Ned. litt. p.50: "in zekere zin de eerste (...) oorspronkelijk in het Nederlands gestelde reisbeschrijving [over Spanje]". Entertaining memoirs of a Dutch officer serving with the French general Leval during the 1808-1809 suppression of the Spanish revolt against the rule of Bonaparte's brother Joseph. Storm de Grave describes in considerable detail Spanish everyday life: the shops, the food, the wine, the women, Spanish music, horses, dogs, tobacco etc. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXX.