[BIOGRAPHIES]. Collection of 31 volumes of biographies of Napoleon. 4o and 8o mostly in contemporary morocco, calf or half morocco bindings as noted, including: SLOANE, W.M. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. New York, 1901. 4 vols., large 8vo, three-quarter green morocco gilt. Extra-illustrated with numerous plates and the following autographs: ALS by Maret, LS by the Duc de Rovigo, LS by Marshal Mcdonald; inserted in vol. I is a French Revolutionary Broadside entitled "Municipaliti de Paris. Proclamation du Roi...26 Juin 1790" (Paris, 1790). -- [ANON.]. The Court and Camp of Bonaparte. London, 1829. 12mo, half morocco gilt. Frontispiece. Bookplate of Phoenix Ingraham. -- [ANON.]. Buonapartiana. A Selection of Curious Anecdotes... translated from the French edition. Edinburgh, 1815. 12mo, half morocco, spine gilt-lettered. Engraved frontispiece. -- [ANON.]. The History of Napoleon Bonaparte... new edition. London, 1829. 2 vols., 12mo, half red calf, spines gilt with Napoleonic devices. Illustrated. -- DAYOT, ARMAND. Napoleon... new edition. Paris, 1902. 4to, original quarter green morocco, covers gilt-decorated with Napoleonic devices. Numerous plates and illustrations. Bookplate of Edward Hubbard Litchfield. -- HAZLITT, WILLIAM. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte. London, 1830. 4 vols., three-quarter red morocco gilt. First edition. Extra-illustrated with over a hundred plates. -- HUGO, VICTOR. Napoleon The Little. London, 1852. Half morocco gilt. -- LACOUR-GAYET, G. Napoleon. [Paris, n.d.]. 4to, original cloth gilt. Numerous plates and illustrations. -- LAURENT, P.-M. Histoire de L'Empereur Napoleon. Paris, 1852. Large 8vo, contemporary half morocco. Numerous illustrations. Bookplate of Edward Hubbard Litchfield. -- L'ARDECHE, LAURENT DE. History of Napoleon. New York, 1843. 2 vols., modern full crimson calf gilt, by Bayntun; cloth slipcase. Illustrated. -- NAPOLEON. Thoughts on Love and Life. London: A. L. Humphreys, 1908. Square 8vo, full calf gilt, joints rubbed. -- O'MEARA, BARRY E. Napoleon in Exile. London, 1822. 2 vols., contemporary half calf, worn. Frontispieces. -- PEYRE, ROGER. Napoleon Ier et son temps. Paris, 1888. 4to, half red morocco gilt, lower joint cracked; original decorative wrappers bound-in. Numerous plates and illustrations. -- SCOTT, Sir WALTER. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte... second edition. Edinburgh, 1827. 9 vols., small 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt. Pencil drawings on endpages of Vol. VIII in an unknown hand (Scott ?). (31)

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[BIOGRAPHIES]. Collection of 31 volumes of biographies of Napoleon. 4o and 8o mostly in contemporary morocco, calf or half morocco bindings as noted, including: SLOANE, W.M. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. New York, 1901. 4 vols., large 8vo, three-quarter green morocco gilt. Extra-illustrated with numerous plates and the following autographs: ALS by Maret, LS by the Duc de Rovigo, LS by Marshal Mcdonald; inserted in vol. I is a French Revolutionary Broadside entitled "Municipaliti de Paris. Proclamation du Roi...26 Juin 1790" (Paris, 1790). -- [ANON.]. The Court and Camp of Bonaparte. London, 1829. 12mo, half morocco gilt. Frontispiece. Bookplate of Phoenix Ingraham. -- [ANON.]. Buonapartiana. A Selection of Curious Anecdotes... translated from the French edition. Edinburgh, 1815. 12mo, half morocco, spine gilt-lettered. Engraved frontispiece. -- [ANON.]. The History of Napoleon Bonaparte... new edition. London, 1829. 2 vols., 12mo, half red calf, spines gilt with Napoleonic devices. Illustrated. -- DAYOT, ARMAND. Napoleon... new edition. Paris, 1902. 4to, original quarter green morocco, covers gilt-decorated with Napoleonic devices. Numerous plates and illustrations. Bookplate of Edward Hubbard Litchfield. -- HAZLITT, WILLIAM. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte. London, 1830. 4 vols., three-quarter red morocco gilt. First edition. Extra-illustrated with over a hundred plates. -- HUGO, VICTOR. Napoleon The Little. London, 1852. Half morocco gilt. -- LACOUR-GAYET, G. Napoleon. [Paris, n.d.]. 4to, original cloth gilt. Numerous plates and illustrations. -- LAURENT, P.-M. Histoire de L'Empereur Napoleon. Paris, 1852. Large 8vo, contemporary half morocco. Numerous illustrations. Bookplate of Edward Hubbard Litchfield. -- L'ARDECHE, LAURENT DE. History of Napoleon. New York, 1843. 2 vols., modern full crimson calf gilt, by Bayntun; cloth slipcase. Illustrated. -- NAPOLEON. Thoughts on Love and Life. London: A. L. Humphreys, 1908. Square 8vo, full calf gilt, joints rubbed. -- O'MEARA, BARRY E. Napoleon in Exile. London, 1822. 2 vols., contemporary half calf, worn. Frontispieces. -- PEYRE, ROGER. Napoleon Ier et son temps. Paris, 1888. 4to, half red morocco gilt, lower joint cracked; original decorative wrappers bound-in. Numerous plates and illustrations. -- SCOTT, Sir WALTER. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte... second edition. Edinburgh, 1827. 9 vols., small 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt. Pencil drawings on endpages of Vol. VIII in an unknown hand (Scott ?). (31)

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