![[NAPOLÉON] -- Filhol, Antoine Michel (publisher and engraver). Galerie du musée Napoléon. Edited by Lavalée. Paris: printed by Gillé fils, 1804-1815. 10 vols, 8º (255 x 165mm). Engraved portrait of Filhol and 718 engraved plates numbered 1-720. (Dampstaining in the bottom margin with occasional associated small losses, occasional light marginal spotting.) Contemporary crushed blue morocco, the sides centred with the imperial arms, the spines gilt in compartments with Napoleon's cypher, and eagle, and a bee, gilt edges (some dampstaining in the bottom margin). Provenance: Charles William Vane, 3rd marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854, army officer and diplomatist; engraved bookplate).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_05388_0082_000(napoleon_--_filhol_antoine_michel_galerie_du_musee_napoleon_edited_by024510).jpg?w=1)
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[NAPOLÉON] -- Filhol, Antoine Michel (publisher and engraver). Galerie du musée Napoléon. Edited by Lavalée. Paris: printed by Gillé fils, 1804-1815. 10 vols, 8º (255 x 165mm). Engraved portrait of Filhol and 718 engraved plates numbered 1-720. (Dampstaining in the bottom margin with occasional associated small losses, occasional light marginal spotting.) Contemporary crushed blue morocco, the sides centred with the imperial arms, the spines gilt in compartments with Napoleon's cypher, and eagle, and a bee, gilt edges (some dampstaining in the bottom margin). Provenance: Charles William Vane, 3rd marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854, army officer and diplomatist; engraved bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, IN FULL BLUE MOROCCO WITH THE ARMS OF NAPOLEON. Although the plates are numbered 1-720, plates 552 and 553 were in fact not issued. Brunet II, 1256.
FIRST EDITION, IN FULL BLUE MOROCCO WITH THE ARMS OF NAPOLEON. Although the plates are numbered 1-720, plates 552 and 553 were in fact not issued. Brunet II, 1256.
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