Lot: 5131
H.S. Nichols CO
London, England
Circa 1900.
Life of Napoleon Bonaparte: Extra Illustrated Edition (Nine volumes) with Memoirs of Napoleon and Memoirs of Madame Junot by Madame Junot (11 volumes . 26 volumes. Comprising: Nine volumes, Hazlitt, six volumes, Bourrienne 11 volumes, Junot.
Full blue Morocco leather hard cover with green ribbed spines, gilt tooling, gilt upper edge, red silk moire doublures, the interiors interspersed with copies of various letters and documents.
Provenance: From an Oakland, California bibliophiles personal library..
Condition: Minor scuffs and wear to the bindings. Absent: Hazlitt: Volume VI, Part I Bourrienne: Volume I, Part II and Volume III, part II Junot: Volume III, Part II.
The Extra Illustrated Edition is limited to five numbered copies, of which this is 1. Fine bindings. Includes tipped in copies of correspondence by Talleyrand, etc.
Auction Date: June 18, 2021
Estimate: $10,000 - 15,000