![BINDING -- Postes Impériales. État général des Routes de Poste de l'Empire Français, Paris: l'imprimerie Impériale, 1814. 8° (195 x 124mm.), contemporary red morocco gilt bound for Emperor Napoleon I, covers with decorative border surrounding centrally-placed imperial arms [Oliver 2652, fer 13], flat spine divided into six compartments by horizontal roll-toll, lettered in the second and fourth, with crowned 'N' in the first and sixth, and Napoleon's bee symbol in the third and fifth compartments, gilt turn-ins, blue silk liners and doublures, gilt edges. Provenance: Napoleon I (book-label 'Cabinet de S.M. l'Empereur des Francais. 1815' and binding). NAPOLEON'S COPY of the postal routes throughout the French empire, finely bound and with his library label.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2001/CSK/2001_CSK_09280_0144_000(040022).jpg?w=1)
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BINDING -- Postes Impériales. État général des Routes de Poste de l'Empire Français, Paris: l'imprimerie Impériale, 1814. 8° (195 x 124mm.), contemporary red morocco gilt bound for Emperor Napoleon I, covers with decorative border surrounding centrally-placed imperial arms [Oliver 2652, fer 13], flat spine divided into six compartments by horizontal roll-toll, lettered in the second and fourth, with crowned 'N' in the first and sixth, and Napoleon's bee symbol in the third and fifth compartments, gilt turn-ins, blue silk liners and doublures, gilt edges. Provenance: Napoleon I (book-label 'Cabinet de S.M. l'Empereur des Francais. 1815' and binding). NAPOLEON'S COPY of the postal routes throughout the French empire, finely bound and with his library label.
D'ARENBERG, Le Prince Ernest. Essai d'un nouvelle méthode de fortification regulière pour la défense des grandes places de guerre d'un diamètre de neuf toises et au-dessus, [Paris:] Jules Didot, l'ainé, 1822. 4° (259 x 200mm.), half title, 5 folding engraved plates (one plate torn into image, library stamp on title), contemporary calf gilt by Simier, covers with fillet and roll tool border, spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second, the others with repeat decoration in gilt, gilt turn-ins (some light scuffing or discolouration). Provenance: Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg Library (ink stamp). (2)
D'ARENBERG, Le Prince Ernest. Essai d'un nouvelle méthode de fortification regulière pour la défense des grandes places de guerre d'un diamètre de neuf toises et au-dessus, [Paris:] Jules Didot, l'ainé, 1822. 4° (259 x 200mm.), half title, 5 folding engraved plates (one plate torn into image, library stamp on title), contemporary calf gilt by Simier, covers with fillet and roll tool border, spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second, the others with repeat decoration in gilt, gilt turn-ins (some light scuffing or discolouration). Provenance: Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg Library (ink stamp). (2)
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Please note that the Postes Imperiales is one of the few books bound for Napoleon during 'The Hundred Days'. The estimate for this lot should read 2,500-3,500 GBP.