[BIOGRAPHIES]. Collection of 33 volumes of biographies of Napoleon all in various morocco, calf, cloth bindings, including: [ANON.]. Historic Doubts Relative to Napoleon Bonaparte... fourth American edition. Boston, 1853. Small 8vo, original gilt-lettered cloth. -- [ANON.]. Copies of the Original Letters and Despatches... to the Emperor Napoleon. London, 1814. 8vo, half calf gilt. -- [ANON.]. Napoleon and the Marshals of the Empire. Philadelphia, 1848. 2 vols., half red morocco gilt, joints worn. Plates. -- BARING-GOULD, S. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. New York, 1897. Small folio, original buckram gilt, with Napoleonic device on upper cover and spine. Numerous plates and illustrations. -- LAS CASES, THE COUNT DE. Journal of the Private Life and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon and Saint Helena. London, 1823. 4 vols., contemporary half calf gilt. Maps and plates. -- CHALLAMEL, AUGUSTIN. Histoire-Musee de la Republique Francaise. Paris, 1842. 2 vols., large 8vo, half red morocco. Numerous plates. -- DAYOT, ARMAND. Napoleon. Paris, 1895. 4to, full green morocco gilt, covers with gilt-lettered N surmounted by a crown, spine faded to brown. Numerous plates and illustrations. -- DE GIAFFERRI, PAUL LOUIS. The History of French Masculine Costume: Napoleonic Imperial Official Smartness. Folio, original pictorial wrappers, few tears. 10 hand-colored costume plates. -- GOURGAUD, GENERAL. Napoleon and the Grand Army in Russia... London, 1825. Contemporary three-quarter calf gilt. -- HORNE, R.H., Editor. The History of Napoleon. London, 1841. 2 vols., large 8vo, modern full crimson calf gilt, by Bayntun; cloth slipcase. Illustrated. -- HOUSSAYE, HENRY. The Year 1814-[1815]. Paris, 1896-1905. Together 4 vols., contemporary half calf gilt. Bookplates of Maj. Gen. John Cecil Russell. -- DE L'ARDTCHE, P.-M. LAURENT. Histoire de l'Empereur Napoleon. Paris, 1840. Quarter morocco gilt. 44 hand-colored plates of military costume and numerous illustrations. -- NAPOLEON. Memoirs of the History of France During the Reign of Napoleon... second edition. London, 1823-24. 7 vols., original green cloth, spines gilt- lettered, covers decorated in blind. Numerous facsimile plates. -- PELET, Baron. Napoleon in Council... translated by Capt. Basil Hall. Edinburgh, 1837. 8vo, modern quarter cloth. Facsimiles. Bookplate of Phoenix Ingraham. -- ROSEBERY, Lord. Napoleon: The Last Phase. London, 1900. Small 4to, half morocco gilt; some scattered foxing. ROSEBERY, Lord. Napoleon: The Last Phase. London, 1900. Square 8vo, full red morocco gilt, covers and spine with Napoleonic devices; cloth slipcase. Extra-illustrated with numerous plates. -- WHITWORTH, Lord. England and Napoleon in 1803, Being the Despatches of... London, 1887. Half morocco gilt. -- and 25 modern publications on Napoleon. (58)

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[BIOGRAPHIES]. Collection of 33 volumes of biographies of Napoleon all in various morocco, calf, cloth bindings, including: [ANON.]. Historic Doubts Relative to Napoleon Bonaparte... fourth American edition. Boston, 1853. Small 8vo, original gilt-lettered cloth. -- [ANON.]. Copies of the Original Letters and Despatches... to the Emperor Napoleon. London, 1814. 8vo, half calf gilt. -- [ANON.]. Napoleon and the Marshals of the Empire. Philadelphia, 1848. 2 vols., half red morocco gilt, joints worn. Plates. -- BARING-GOULD, S. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. New York, 1897. Small folio, original buckram gilt, with Napoleonic device on upper cover and spine. Numerous plates and illustrations. -- LAS CASES, THE COUNT DE. Journal of the Private Life and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon and Saint Helena. London, 1823. 4 vols., contemporary half calf gilt. Maps and plates. -- CHALLAMEL, AUGUSTIN. Histoire-Musee de la Republique Francaise. Paris, 1842. 2 vols., large 8vo, half red morocco. Numerous plates. -- DAYOT, ARMAND. Napoleon. Paris, 1895. 4to, full green morocco gilt, covers with gilt-lettered N surmounted by a crown, spine faded to brown. Numerous plates and illustrations. -- DE GIAFFERRI, PAUL LOUIS. The History of French Masculine Costume: Napoleonic Imperial Official Smartness. Folio, original pictorial wrappers, few tears. 10 hand-colored costume plates. -- GOURGAUD, GENERAL. Napoleon and the Grand Army in Russia... London, 1825. Contemporary three-quarter calf gilt. -- HORNE, R.H., Editor. The History of Napoleon. London, 1841. 2 vols., large 8vo, modern full crimson calf gilt, by Bayntun; cloth slipcase. Illustrated. -- HOUSSAYE, HENRY. The Year 1814-[1815]. Paris, 1896-1905. Together 4 vols., contemporary half calf gilt. Bookplates of Maj. Gen. John Cecil Russell. -- DE L'ARDTCHE, P.-M. LAURENT. Histoire de l'Empereur Napoleon. Paris, 1840. Quarter morocco gilt. 44 hand-colored plates of military costume and numerous illustrations. -- NAPOLEON. Memoirs of the History of France During the Reign of Napoleon... second edition. London, 1823-24. 7 vols., original green cloth, spines gilt- lettered, covers decorated in blind. Numerous facsimile plates. -- PELET, Baron. Napoleon in Council... translated by Capt. Basil Hall. Edinburgh, 1837. 8vo, modern quarter cloth. Facsimiles. Bookplate of Phoenix Ingraham. -- ROSEBERY, Lord. Napoleon: The Last Phase. London, 1900. Small 4to, half morocco gilt; some scattered foxing. ROSEBERY, Lord. Napoleon: The Last Phase. London, 1900. Square 8vo, full red morocco gilt, covers and spine with Napoleonic devices; cloth slipcase. Extra-illustrated with numerous plates. -- WHITWORTH, Lord. England and Napoleon in 1803, Being the Despatches of... London, 1887. Half morocco gilt. -- and 25 modern publications on Napoleon. (58)
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