237-MAILLY (A.-A.-A. de). My diary during the Russian campaign. Written from memory after my return to Paris. Paris, Imprimerie de J.-B. Gros, 1841, large in-8, 160 pp. half plum calf, smooth spine decorated, marbled edges (period binding). Extremely rare first edition. Reportedly, only 50 copies were printed for the family, and it was not put on the market. Handwritten correction on page 136. "Second lieutenant in 1811, he took part in the Battle of Moskowa and was attached to General Duresnel, the Emperor's aide-de-camp. He was wounded at Kalonga in 1812. A testimony too often neglected" (Tulard). Tulard, 936 (reproduced in no. 937 of the same bibliography under the name Mailly-Nesle, but it is the same author and the same work). The text was taken up by Bertin in his collection of accounts of 1812 (Tulard, 142). Missing from the Huart collection. A fine copy. A mailing on the title page appears to have been cut out. Some foxing.