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163 - COLLECTIVE WORK – The Metz Surrender Affair.
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COLLECTIVE WORK – The Metz Surrender Affair. The Bazaine Trial: the only verbatim stenographic record of the proceedings of the 1st Court-Martial of the 1st Military Division, which sat in Versailles (Trianon) from 6 October to 10 December 1873. Presided over by the Duke of Aumale. Paris, Librairie du Moniteur Universelle, 1873; folio, 804 pp., contemporary green half-cloth binding, plain spine. Text in three columns. This verbatim stenographic record of the proceedings of Marshal Bazaine’s trial was intended not only to retrace the course and twists and turns of the case, but also to preserve for posterity a collection of official documents and authentic testimonies, all of which have definitive value only in this form.
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About the sale ONLINE AUCTION ON 26/06/2026: Books, engravings and old papers.
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