Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky A. I. Description of the Patriotic war of 1812 by the highest order composed by Lieutenant ...

Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky A. I. Description of the Patriotic war of 1812 by the highest order composed by Lieutenant General Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky. Part 1. Second edition.
with Petersburg. Printed in the printing office of The headquarters Of the separate Internal Guard corps. 1840 XVI, 420 p., 25 l.plans and maps. Semi-leather binding of the epoch, 14.5 x 22 cm. Tear of the spine, the split block, Fox spots, worn spots on cover.

"Description of the Patriotic war of 1812" was prepared by the military historian A. I. Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky by the highest order of Emperor Nicholas I. the Rescript was signed on February 24, 1836. And in 1838, at the end of the work, the author was awarded the order of the White eagle for the best work on this topic. The work was published in 1839, and a year later it was reprinted.

The large-scale essay consists of four parts and provides a detailed description and analysis of the military actions of Russia and France during the Patriotic war of 1812. The chronicler used a wide Range of sources, documentary and memoir material, and his observations about the campaign in which he took part as an aide-de-camp to Prince Mikhail Kutuzov. The books include a large number of tables, maps, and plans. The publication is a bibliographic rarity. it will be interesting for historians, collectors, and all lovers of Russian history.

Alexander Ivanovich Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky (1790-1848) — participant of the Patriotic war of 1812, Lieutenant General, famous military historian, author of many works on the history of the wars of the Russian Empire. His memories were published in "Russian Gazette", "Russian antiquities", "Historical journal".