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[NAPOLEON I]. ROSE, JOHN HOLLAND. The Life of Napoleon. London, 1903. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS, LITHOGRAPHS, MAPS, (MANY HAND-COLORED), AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL, AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR, ETC. 4 volumes, small 8vo, full dark blue morocco, gilt-lettered on spines, g.e., a few joints cracked, title pages of vols. 2 and 4 in manuscript, vol. 4 with one plate torn along the fold and some dampstaining. (4)

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[NAPOLEON I]. ROSE, JOHN HOLLAND. The Life of Napoleon. London, 1903. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS, LITHOGRAPHS, MAPS, (MANY HAND-COLORED), AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL, AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR, ETC. 4 volumes, small 8vo, full dark blue morocco, gilt-lettered on spines, g.e., a few joints cracked, title pages of vols. 2 and 4 in manuscript, vol. 4 with one plate torn along the fold and some dampstaining. (4)

拍品專文

Besides the published plates, there are 139 portraits of the military leaders and other historical figures of the Revolution (60 of which are hand-colored stipple engravings); 70 steel engravings of views and ballte scenes (7 hand-colored); one original watercolor with signature "Davidovitch"; 10 maps and battle plans; 3 hand-colored folding caricatures, one by Gilray and 2 from The Satirist. The autograph material consists of: A mounted clipped signature of Napoleon [Vol. 3]; an autograph note by General Beauharnais (initial signed), Venice, 14 February 1814, 1/4 page, oblong 8vo [Vol. 4]; and an autograph letter signed by the Duke of Wellington (signed "Wellington"), Np, nd, 1 1/2 pages, 8vo [Vol. 4].