W.H. Ireland

Exquisitely bound and illustrated set of Ireland's Life of Napoleon Bonaparte.

• Sold as a set of 4.
• W.H. Ireland (English).
• London: John Cumberland, 1828.
• Illustrated throughout with 24 hand-colored and 3 uncolored engraved folding plates by George Cruikshank after Vernet and others.
• Bound in full red morocco by Bayntun with covers displaying hand-painted oval portrait miniatures of either Napoleon or Josephine (the Napoleon portraits are after the artists Gerard and René) in an insert surrounded by a gilt wreath crowned with the initial "N" in inlaid blue morocco, and triple gilt-ruled borders and leafy corner ornaments, raised bands gilt with panels displaying gilt Napoleonic detailing and label lettering, all edges gilt with gilt-tooled turn-ins and red silk endpapers.
• Each volume is housed in a red linen padded clamshell box.