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Lot 232

Sale 5372 - Rare Books & Manuscripts
Apr 10, 2014 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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8 vols.


8 vols.
(Napoleon.) Les Cases, Emanuel, Marquis de. Memorial de Sainte Helene: Journal of the Private Life and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon at Saint Helena. London: H. Colburn, 1823.

8vo, later 19th-century 3/4 blue crushed levant morocco & cloth, gilt, spine compartments with gilt Napoleonic devices, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, by Riviere & Son; front joints often scuffed & a little stressed. With fold frontis (ground plan of Longwood), view, 2 fold maps. Offsetting on vol 1 part, a few quires toned. Bookplates on paste-downs, armorial bookplate on front blanks.

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