Napoleon I

A collection of six works in six volumes relating to Napoleon and his times, comprising:



Barthélemy and Méry. Napoléon en Égypte. Paris, [1842]. Seventeen full-page illustrations and numerous woodcut illustrations within text. Contemporary half red morocco. — F. A. de Chateaubriand. De Buonaparte, et des Bourbons. Paris, 1814.Half calf with marbled boards. — Baron Jacques de Norvins. Histoire de Napoléon. Paris, 1839. Numerous full page woodcuts and numerous woodcuts within text. Contemporary half calf with marbled boards. — Auguste de Chambure. Napoléon et ses contemporains. Paris, 1824. Numerous illustrations, tissue guards. Green straight-grain morocco, gilt edges. — Lorédan Larchey. Les Cahiers du Capitaine Coignet. Paris, 1896. One of fifty copies on japon paper, with plates in two states. Green morocco with red morocco doublures elaborately gilt by Champs. — Baron Jacques de Norvins. Histoire de Napoléon. Paris, 1839-1840. In 79 parts. Numerous plates and text illustrations. Half red straight-grain morocco with marbled boards, marbled slipcase.

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Barthélemy and Méry. Napoléon en Égypte. Paris, [1842]. Seventeen full-page illustrations and numerous woodcut illustrations within text. Contemporary half red morocco. — F. A. de Chateaubriand. De Buonaparte, et des Bourbons. Paris, 1814.Half calf with marbled boards. — Baron Jacques de Norvins. Histoire de Napoléon. Paris, 1839. Numerous full page woodcuts and numerous woodcuts within text. Contemporary half calf with marbled boards. — Auguste de Chambure. Napoléon et ses contemporains. Paris, 1824. Numerous illustrations, tissue guards. Green straight-grain morocco, gilt edges. — Lorédan Larchey. Les Cahiers du Capitaine Coignet. Paris, 1896. One of fifty copies on japon paper, with plates in two states. Green morocco with red morocco doublures elaborately gilt by Champs. — Baron Jacques de Norvins. Histoire de Napoléon. Paris, 1839-1840. In 79 parts. Numerous plates and text illustrations. Half red straight-grain morocco with marbled boards, marbled slipcase.