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DE CHAMBURE, Auguste. Napoleon et ses contemporains. Paris, 1824. Large 4o. Full green morocco gilt, upper cover with large gilt crowned N; green silk doublures and endpages with a pattern of bees, by Durvand. Extra-illustrated with numerous engravings (each in 2 states). The following autographs bound-in at the beginning: (1) Napoleon. Doc.s. "Bonaparte", [Paris] 15 May 1804, on vellum. Appoints Gen. Bernadotte commander in chief of the Armie d'Hanovre. (2) Bernadotte. L.s. "J. Bernadotte", 21 April 1805. (3) Napoleon. His signature "Napoleon" on a piece of vellum, inlaid on a leaf the size of the book. -- RENAULT, Jules. La Legion d'Honneur. Paris, [1932]. Large 4o. Full brown morocco, spine gilt-lettered. LIMITED EDITION, 1 of 800 copies of an edition of 1,050. Numerous portraits and facsimile plates. Bound in front is a document signed by Napoleon. (2)
DE CHAMBURE, Auguste. Napoleon et ses contemporains. Paris, 1824. Large 4o. Full green morocco gilt, upper cover with large gilt crowned N; green silk doublures and endpages with a pattern of bees, by Durvand. Extra-illustrated with numerous engravings (each in 2 states). The following autographs bound-in at the beginning: (1) Napoleon. Doc.s. "Bonaparte", [Paris] 15 May 1804, on vellum. Appoints Gen. Bernadotte commander in chief of the Armie d'Hanovre. (2) Bernadotte. L.s. "J. Bernadotte", 21 April 1805. (3) Napoleon. His signature "Napoleon" on a piece of vellum, inlaid on a leaf the size of the book. -- RENAULT, Jules. La Legion d'Honneur. Paris, [1932]. Large 4o. Full brown morocco, spine gilt-lettered. LIMITED EDITION, 1 of 800 copies of an edition of 1,050. Numerous portraits and facsimile plates. Bound in front is a document signed by Napoleon. (2)

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DE CHAMBURE, Auguste. Napoleon et ses contemporains. Paris, 1824. Large 4o. Full green morocco gilt, upper cover with large gilt crowned N; green silk doublures and endpages with a pattern of bees, by Durvand. Extra-illustrated with numerous engravings (each in 2 states). The following autographs bound-in at the beginning: (1) Napoleon. Doc.s. "Bonaparte", [Paris] 15 May 1804, on vellum. Appoints Gen. Bernadotte commander in chief of the Armie d'Hanovre. (2) Bernadotte. L.s. "J. Bernadotte", 21 April 1805. (3) Napoleon. His signature "Napoleon" on a piece of vellum, inlaid on a leaf the size of the book. -- RENAULT, Jules. La Legion d'Honneur. Paris, [1932]. Large 4o. Full brown morocco, spine gilt-lettered. LIMITED EDITION, 1 of 800 copies of an edition of 1,050. Numerous portraits and facsimile plates. Bound in front is a document signed by Napoleon. (2)

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