Lot 11
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SLOANE, William Milligan. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. New York: The Century Co., 1906. 8 volumes, 4o. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with approximately 700 engraved, etched, lithographic and photographic portraits, views, plans, scenes and maps, 18th-20th century, many inlaid, some in color, some folding, some color; hand-colored aquatints by Edward Orme and Robert Bowyer; several original watercolor and pen and ink sketches; contemporary broadside "Who is Bonaparte?," London: J. Asperne; ALSs by Thomas Andrew, Andrew Constant; ANS in the third person by the Duke of Wellington (?possibly secretarial); LSs by Duc de Frioul Duroc, François de Neufchâteau, de Bourmont; DSs by Maria Theresa, L. Ferrand. Red morocco, gilt, the front covers bearing the Napoleonic monogram , the spines gilt, t.e.g. Provenance: Verney (armorial bookplate). A SUMPTUOUSLY GRANGERIZED PRODUCTION, WITH AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL. FINE. (8)
SLOANE, William Milligan. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. New York: The Century Co., 1906. 8 volumes, 4o. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with approximately 700 engraved, etched, lithographic and photographic portraits, views, plans, scenes and maps, 18th-20th century, many inlaid, some in color, some folding, some color; hand-colored aquatints by Edward Orme and Robert Bowyer; several original watercolor and pen and ink sketches; contemporary broadside "Who is Bonaparte?," London: J. Asperne; ALSs by Thomas Andrew, Andrew Constant; ANS in the third person by the Duke of Wellington (?possibly secretarial); LSs by Duc de Frioul Duroc, François de Neufchâteau, de Bourmont; DSs by Maria Theresa, L. Ferrand. Red morocco, gilt, the front covers bearing the Napoleonic monogram , the spines gilt, t.e.g. Provenance: Verney (armorial bookplate). A SUMPTUOUSLY GRANGERIZED PRODUCTION, WITH AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL. FINE. (8)

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SLOANE, William Milligan. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. New York: The Century Co., 1906. 8 volumes, 4o. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with approximately 700 engraved, etched, lithographic and photographic portraits, views, plans, scenes and maps, 18th-20th century, many inlaid, some in color, some folding, some color; hand-colored aquatints by Edward Orme and Robert Bowyer; several original watercolor and pen and ink sketches; contemporary broadside "Who is Bonaparte?," London: J. Asperne; ALSs by Thomas Andrew, Andrew Constant; ANS in the third person by the Duke of Wellington (?possibly secretarial); LSs by Duc de Frioul Duroc, François de Neufchâteau, de Bourmont; DSs by Maria Theresa, L. Ferrand. Red morocco, gilt, the front covers bearing the Napoleonic monogram , the spines gilt, t.e.g. Provenance: Verney (armorial bookplate). A SUMPTUOUSLY GRANGERIZED PRODUCTION, WITH AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL. FINE. (8)