57-CAREL (A.) Précis historique de la Guerre d'Espagne et de Portugal, de 1808 à 1814. Contenant la réfutation des ouvrages de MM. Sarrazin et A. de Beauchamps, avec des détails sur la bataille de Toulouse. Paris, Vve Jeunehomme, 1815, in-8, 241 pp, blue half-calf with corners, ornate spine, marbled edges (period binding). First edition. Carel "was captain of the 120th at the battle of Vitoria" (note on an earlier copy). Reacting to the publications of Beauchamp's and Sarrazin's works published in 1814, outraged by their anti-Bonapartist versions, Carel takes up the pen to give his testimony, which is that of an actor and not a polemicist. A rare work. A fine copy. Ex-libris Joshua Bates. Small brown stain on title page.