A Non-Military Journal, or Observations made in Egypt, by an Officer upon the Staff of the British Army, describing the Country, its Inhabitants, their Manners and Customs, with Anecdotes, Illustrative of them. [Doyle, Charles William.] Africa,Egypt,Military

First edition. Small 4to. pp. [i, explanation to frontis.], 8, 8, [ix]-xv (Contents [misbound]), 9-150; extending aquatint frontis. view, three aquatint plates; some heavy foxing, Contents leaves misbound, good in contemporary half roan, gilt, worn on spine. Doyle (1770-1842) served as an army officer during the Napoleonic wars. Attached to Lord Cavan's brigade in the Mediterranean, he took part in the battles of Aboukir, Mandara, and Alexandria, at which he was severely wounded. Doyle considered writing a history of the Egyptian campaign, but, learning that another high-ranking officer had already undertaken this project, he instead published the present work, "having left out everything military" (Preface). The large frontispiece shows a view of the Bay of Aboukir at which the British forces landed.