1803–1815 wars involving the French Empire

Napoleon visiting the wounded after the Battle of Eylau. Coloured etching.

A woman camp-follower shields a wounded soldier on a battle field from the reprimands of his senior officer. Lithograph by Joseph Louis-Hippolyte Bellangé, 1824.

The powers of Europe as alchemists who dissolve the alliance of German princes with Napoleon. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1813.

William Pitt the younger as an obstetrician and medicine vendor, accompanied by Henry Dundas as his assistant, disputing with Napoleon Bonaparte their respective medicinal remedies for the delivery of Europe. Etching after C. Ansell (?), 1800.

The tender mercies of Bonaparte in Egypt! : Britons beware / Robert Wilson, K.M.T., Lieutenant Colonel.

Napoléon et Larrey : récits inédits de la révolution et de l'empire, d'après les mémoires, les correspondances officielles et privées, les notes et les agendas de campagnes de Dominique Larrey ... 1768-1842 / Ouvrage orné de 16 gravures.

The treatment of wounded soldiers in a ward of a hospital. Drawing by Benjamin Zix, ca. 1805/1811.

1 volume<br/>3 leaves (first 2 bl.). + 266 pages + 1 leave 8vo. 20 x 121/ ; 2 cm Original paper covers. Last leaf frayed in the margins.

French naval surgeon, early 19th century.

Observations on the question of peace or war , by a Sussex yeoman.

4 unnumbered pages, xi, 1 unnumbered page, 293 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 6, that is, 5 pagesleaves of plates, 1 folded : illustrations (wood engravings) ; 22 cm (8vo)

Surgical memoirs of the campaigns of Russia, Germany, and France / by Baron D.J. Larrey ; translated from the French, by John C. Mercer.

2 volumes (xxviii, 345; 307), 2 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Erinnerungen eines alten Lützower Jägers, 1795-1819 / von Wenzel Krimer ; [herausgegeben von Adolf Saager].

1 album (25 leaves) : engravings ; album 54.5 x 39 cm

Heads of state and generals allied against Napoleon Bonaparte. Album of prints and related documents, 1814-1816.

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Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815

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French naval surgeon, early 19th century.

Observations on the question of peace or war , by a Sussex yeoman.

Surgical memoirs of the campaigns of Russia, Germany, and France / by Baron D.J. Larrey ; translated from the French, by John C. Mercer.

Erinnerungen eines alten Lützower Jägers, 1795-1819 / von Wenzel Krimer ; [herausgegeben von Adolf Saager].

Heads of state and generals allied against Napoleon Bonaparte. Album of prints and related documents, 1814-1816.

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815

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Images referencing Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815

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French naval surgeon, early 19th century.

Observations on the question of peace or war , by a Sussex yeoman.

Surgical memoirs of the campaigns of Russia, Germany, and France / by Baron D.J. Larrey ; translated from the French, by John C. Mercer.

Erinnerungen eines alten Lützower Jägers, 1795-1819 / von Wenzel Krimer ; [herausgegeben von Adolf Saager].

Heads of state and generals allied against Napoleon Bonaparte. Album of prints and related documents, 1814-1816.

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