REMEMBERING THE CAPTIVITY OF EMPEROR NAPOLEON... - Lot 185 - Tessier & Sarrou et Associés

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REMEMBERING THE CAPTIVITY OF EMPEROR NAPOLEON... - Lot 185 - Tessier & Sarrou et Associés
REMEMBERING THE CAPTIVITY OF EMPEROR NAPOLEON I at SAINTE HELENE "Anonymous report of the campaigns of Napoleon I against the coalitions of the European powers from 1805 to 1815 Set of 16 parts in-4, published without title in Weimar from 1807 to 1816. Texts in German and French on two columns. With 34 engraved maps and plans, watercolored, with troop movements. Gathered in three mute bindings, half natural calf, with removable bindings, with morocco spine, marked in gold "EXEMPLAIRE DE L'EMPEREUR A SAINTE HELENE". In a cardboard box. On a title page handwritten mention of Sir Hudson LOWE: "The whole other Pencil Marks and Annotions on this books are in the hand writing of Napoleon Bonaparte to whom i lent the work at St Helena. Major Lowe." "All other Pencil Marks and Annotations on these books are in the hand writing of Napoleon Bonaparte to whom I lent the work at St. Helena. Major Lowe." There are a few pencil marks and numbers in all three volumes. B.E.
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