RIGEL, Franz Xaver (German, 1783-1852) Der siebenjahrige Kampf auf der Pyrenaischen Halbinsel vom Jahre 1807 bis 1814; besonders meine eigenen Erfahrungen in diesem Kriege nebst Bemerkungen uber das Spanische Volk und Land [A seven-years battle on the Iberian Peninsula from the year 1807 to 1814; particularly my own experiences in this war including my remarks about the Spanish people and the country] Rastatt, 1819. Published at author`s expense by the author himself. 12mo (206 x 133 mm) each volume. 532 pages (volume I); 454 pages (volume II). Both volumes contain a label from the Pavlovsk Palace Library indicating item`s location and inventory number. Contemporary red Morocco binding with gilt tooling along the borders and on the spines. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Volume I containing a full-page copperplate etching depicting a Spanish insurgent, and a foldout map of a battle plan. Volume II containing six full-page copperplate etchings featuring a Spanish national dance Bolero, and various landmarks of the territories where the battles took place.