8vo. [1], 664 pp., 50 illustrations, dark green full calf, slightly rubbed round edges and at spine, title & gilt decoration on spine, small hallmark ‘Lycee Michelet’ embossed on upper cover, marbled endpapers, occasional minor spotting, otherwise copy in very good condition, Chamuel, Paris, 1895.

Synopsis

La Galissonnière was a military ship built for the French Navy during the 1870s. It became the flagship of the Levant Squadron under Rear Admiral Alfred Conrad on 27 May 1881. Shortly afterward it was used in the bombardment of the Tunisian port of Sfax in July 1881 as part of the French occupation of Tunisia. In early 1882 La Galissonnière was present in Alexandria shortly before the British bombarded it before the beginning of the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War. The ship remained in the Mediterranean through 1883.