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1810263216Paris: Michaud Frères 1810. First edition. 12 pp. Two lines amended in ink by the author. 8vo. Bound in later 19th century quarter red morocco and marbled boards. Wear to binding extremities light foxing to title-page. First edition. 12 pp. Two lines amended in ink by the author. 8vo. Poem on the ocassion of the mariage of Napoleon to his second wife Marie-Louise D'Autriche. Michaud Frères unknown books
191363108Grenoble France: Jules Rey 1913. 4to. 4 9-158 pp. Illustrated from photographs engravings portraits facsimiles etc. plates including frontispiece. History of Napoleon's military campaigns in Egypt and Syria 1798-1801 and his occupation of the former country. Later sheep rubbed front joint cracking from spine ends leather title labels on spine and upper board. Fragile joints else very good all of the documents and other added illustrations very good. 9873. Richly extra-illustrated with 30 autographs letters documents portraits prints and a plan of the city of Alexandria most described below as they appear through the text:<br/><br/>1 Bonaparte Napoleon 1769-1921; French statesman and military leader Emperor of the French 1804-1814. Military order to General Rampon signed 13 Messidor 1798 July 1st in Egypt the day Napoleon arrived there with his army; 2 Barras Paul 1755-1829; Leader of the Directory 1795-1799. Document signed; 3 Barras Paul. Document signed 1799; 4 Plan of the cities of Alexandria vetus and New Alexandria or Scanderia; with the old and new ports: also Lower Egypt and the Bay of Aboukir 21 x 33 cm. on a sheet 34 x 43 cm. London: Engraved & published Novr. 5th 1798 by John Luffman 1801 hand-colored; inset of Bay of Aboukir includes brief description of the Battle of the Nile July 1798. OCLC locates three copies Library of Congress Cambridge British Library the National Library of Australia also holds a copy; 5 Kleber Jean-Baptiste 1753-1800; commanded a division under Napoleon in Egypt leading the victory at Mt. Tabor left in command in Egypt on Napoleon's return to France in 1798 assassinated there in 1800. Letter signed from Alexandria 1798; 6 Leclerc Charles V.O. 1772-1802; brother-in-law to Napoleon and general in command of a division and corps in Germany 1798-1801 oversaw the disastrous campaign in Saint-Domingue 1801-1804 and died there of yellow fever. Document signed 1797 concerning the "safety of his holiness" after the French occupation of Rome; 7 Sartelon Commissary-General and paymaster for Napoleon in Egypt. Document signed in Egypt to Dominique Jean Larrey 1766-1842 Chief Surgeon of the French army there; 8 Kleber Jean-Baptiste and Nicolas-Antoine Sanson 1756-1824; chief engineer for Napoleon in Egypt. Document signed by Kleber as commander-in-chief of the French army in Egypt and by Sanson as commander-in-chief of engineers 1799; 9 Kleber Jean-Baptiste. Document signed as commander-in-chief of the French army in Egypt 1799; 10 Smith Sir Sidney 1764-1840; Commodore in the British campaign against Napoleon in Egypt instrumental in defeating the army he left behind eliciting Napoleon's assessment "That man made me miss my destiny". Autograph letter signed to the flagship in Egypt 1801 thanking the admiral for ammunitions and other aid; 11 Clarke Henri Jacques Duc de Feltre 1765-1818; charismatic Franco-Irish general and Napoleon's chief topographical officer Minister of War under Napoleon 1807-1813. Letter signed from Paris 18l6 the year he was promoted to Marshal; 12 Berthier Louis-Alexander 1764-1815; chief of staff to Napoleon in Egypt a Marshal from 1804. Document signed as "Chef de L'Armee" undated but mid 1790s; 13 Kleber Jean-Baptiste. Autograph note signed as division commander to General Guillaume Philibert Duheme i.e. Duhesme requesting they meet at headquarters 1795; 14 Bessieries Jean-Baptiste 1768-1813; Chef de Brigade in Egypt winning distinction at Acre and Aboukir promoted to Marshal in 1804. Letter signed to a brigade commander on the Moselle 1794; 15 Rampon Antoine-Guillaume 1759-1842; commanded a division in Egypt. Autograph note signed 1820; 16 Carnot Lazare 1753-1823; French politician engineer Member of the Directory 1795-1797 Minister of War 1800. Document signed as Minister of War 1800; 17 Cambaceres Jean-Jacques 1753-1824; Minister of Justice in 1799 co-author of the Napoleonic Code. Document signed as Minister of Justice to the Minister of Finance 1799; 18 Andreossy Antoine-Francois 1761-1828; commanded the French flotilla on the Nile during the Egypt campaign later a division commander and diplomat. Document signed as an artillery division commander 1802; 19 Saint-Hilaire Etienne Geoffrey 1772-1844; French naturalist who established the principle of "unity of composition" member of Napoleon's scientific expedition to Egypt in 1798. Autograph note signed 1826. 20 Kleber Jean-Baptiste. Signature and seal from a wrapper; 21 Kleber Jean-Baptiste. Letter signed to General Francois-Severin Marceau 1769-1796; army commander killed on the Rhine in 1796 as a division commander on the Meuse 1796; 22 Kleber Jean-Baptiste. Note signed in Egypt as commander-in-chief of the French army 1800; in addition there are a number of extra portraits and prints bound in one of the prints picturing the assassination of Kleber in 1800.<br/><br/>All of the military figures and politicians represented in this extra-illustrated volume were involved in some way with Napoleon's expedition to Egypt with the exception of Generals Leclerc and Clarke who were intimately involved in the November 1799 coup that boosted the future emperor into the role of France's ruler. Generals Kleber Sanson Berthier Bessieries Rampon and Andreossy all held important commands; Kleber "undoubtedly one of the greatest generals of the French revolutionary epoch . as a second in command he was not excelled by any general of his time" Encyclopedia Britannica; Sartelon was responsible for provisioning the army; Barras Carnot and Cambaceres helped lead the Directory through this period; Commodore Smith led the British forces to important land and sea victories especially in Syria; and Saint Hillaire was one of the important members of the scientific efforts that were the expedition's lasting contribution. Especially remarkable is the seven-item archive of Kelber autographs including three as commander-in-chief of French forces in Egypt more than have appeared at auction in the past 40 years ABPC 1976-2017 shows four sales during the period. The beautifully hand-colored plan of Alexandria is rare in trade with no copies recorded at auction for the past 40 years ABPC 1976-2017; RareBookHub.<br/><br/>Following his successes in northern Italy 1796-1797 Napoleon pondered a move father east furthering a decades old discussion of the possibility of annexing Egypt as a French colony suggesting that such a move would protect French trade interests and undermine British influence there particularly as potential disruptions to its commerce and access to India and the East Indies; in addition France might establish scientific and other intellectual examinations of culture in the region. Although the military efforts eventually failed the scientists who accompanied Napoleon's army discovered the Rosetta Stone creating Egyptology as a field of study and recorded many other important previously unknown aspects of life history archaeology etc. concerning the Near East. The military expedition started off successfully with the occupation of Malta in May 1798 and eluding the British navy landed successfully in Egypt in early July routed the opposition and established headquarters in Cairo by the end of the month. Despite the near destruction of the French fleet in the Bay of Abukir by Admiral Nelson and his fleet and persistent uprisings in the native population Napoleon consolidated his power and had full control of Egypt in the fall. Early in 1799 the Ottomans sent several armies into the near east and Napoleon continued his offense there chalking up wins in Jaffa Haifa and Mount Tabor but was unable to take Acre after a two-months' siege declared victory and returned to Egypt to earn his greatest victory of the expedition defeating local armies at Giza in late July. Having restored his reputation an not particularly liking what he saw of the political situation either in Egypt or France he returned home in late August 1799 leaving Gen. Jean-Baptiste Kelber in command of the expedition forces. Kleber defeated his opponents mostly local troops again at the battle of Heliopolis in March 1800 and then suppressed an insurrection in Cairo but in late June he was assassinated by a Syrian student Gen. Jean-Francois de Menou taking his place as commander. Following a disastrous battle of Alexandria in March 1801 and siege of that city by the British Menou capitulated the terms allowing the French army to return to France. <br/><br/> Jules Rey hardcover books
1857304621np 1857. 13 tinted lithographic views by W. Gauci after photographs by Melliss printed by Vincent Brooks. Oblong 8vo. Publisher's cloth titled on front cover in gilt. Rebacked in black morocco tips worn plates foxed and waterstained at lower corner. Napoleonic bookplate of Leslie Henri Kuehner. 13 tinted lithographic views by W. Gauci after photographs by Melliss printed by Vincent Brooks. Oblong 8vo. Including:<br/>1. Views of lower part of James Town<br/>2. View of upper part of Main Street<br/>3. View of James Town from the road leading to the Briars<br/>4. The Briars<br/>5. The Tomb of Napoleon <br/>6. Longwood Old House<br/>7. Front view of Longwood Old House<br/>8. Longwood New House<br/>9. Marshal Bertrand's Cottage<br/>10. Plantation House<br/>11. St. Paul's Church<br/>12. Oak Bank<br/>13. Willow Cottage. Abbey Travel 318; OCLC: 54297936 unknown books
185948069New York: D. Appleton & Company 1859. First Thus. 16mo ca. 16cm.; publisher's flexible gilt-lettered cloth over card wrappers; 102pp. Light shelf wear old soil to front free endpapers front hinge cracked but holding else Very Good and sound. D. Appleton & Company unknown books
11562Napoleon III carte-de-vistie. Emperor of France. Legend has it Napoleon III in 1859 en route with his troops to Italy stopped at Disdéri's Paris studio to have his portrait taken. Seizing the opportunity Disdéri sold thousands of copies. Almost overnight a new CDV fad was born. The studios of Paris not only Disdéri's were besieged by patrons who wished to have their pictures taken in the new style. 2.5x4" Upper body image of Bonaparte wearing military regalia. unknown books
015954New Yr: Macmillan Publishing Company 9187. Translated from the French by George C. D'Aguilar with a new introduction and commentary by David G. Chandler. 252p. b/w illus. dj. Macmillan Publishing Company unknown books
180032624Paris 1800. 8vo 21.7 cm 8.5". 4 pp. <br><br>First edition thus of a speech by Napoleon clarifying his opinions on the Roman Catholic religion and on the relationship between church and state: "Cette traduction est tirée du 14e cahier des Annales philosophiques et morales imprimées chez le Clere . . . On y trouve le texte italien tel qu'il a été imprimé à Gênes chez André Frugoni." Another variant described as being 10 pages gives different publication information and mentions "auquel on a joint des notes historiques."<br>Â Â Â Â Uncommon: WorldCat and NUC Pre-1956 locate only two U.S. institutional holdings of this edition. Removed from nonce volume. First page with paper shelving label in lower inner corner not touching text and with lightly pencilled monogram in upper outer corner. Page edges slightly tattered; a few spots of staining. Age-toned. unknown books
19131341981New York: Duffield & Company 1913. Hardcover. Octavo; 3 volumes; Fair; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine brown with gold print call number label taped at bottom; Boards in brown cloth with gold print wear to spine caps hinges edges and corners blemishes and rubbing to boards; Text blocks have bookplates on front pastedown and front flyleaf library pocket on rear pastedown clean text some uncut pages; CONTENTS: Vol. I. 1804-1807 broken hinges front and rear so that book is almost entirely detached from cover 725 pages - Vol. II. 1808-1809 cracked front hinge 841 pages - Vol. III. 1809-1810 cracked hinges front and rear intermittent spine breaks 962 pages. 1341981. FP New Rockville Stock. Duffield & Company hardcover books
181115474Londres: Imprimé Pour L'Auteur 1811. 1st edition. Contemporary tan half-calf with marbled boards; black spine label. VG some rubs to leather/bpt/modern pos on ffep & blank front fly. viii 306 1 pp. Frontis of Kleber. 8vo. Bound in 4s. A - Q R2. 5 1/4" x 6 1/2" <br/><br/>Imaginary dialogues between Napoleon and Marshal Berthier and the abbe Maury. Imprimé Pour L'Auteur hardcover books
181514450Paris: Chez Alexis Eymery 1815. 1st edition. 19th C. red qtr calf with marbled boards & eps. 4 gilt 'N' & crown devices on spine. Deckled edges. VG bpt 2- J. G. Bertrand & Robert Florey. 203 pp. Frontis engraving. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chez Alexis Eymery hardcover books
1810309945Paris: Chez L. Ch. Soyer Libraire-Editeur rue du Doyenné no 2 1810. With 54 plates 1 folding. 48 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter blue levant marbled sides t.e.g. by L. Lemardeley. Bookplate of the prince d'Essling Victor et Fidelis. Fine. With 54 plates 1 folding. 48 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Handsome copy of this compendium of beautiful line engravings of the architectural and decorative elements of the celebration of the wedding of Napoleon with Marie Louise of Austria on 1 April 1810.<br/><br/>From the library of the descendants of Napoleon's marshal Massena Duc de Rivoli and Prince d'Essling. Chez L. Ch. Soyer, Libraire-Editeur, rue du Doyenné, no 2 unknown books
1811266778London: J.M. Richardson & J. Hatchard 1811. Sixth edition. Extra-illustrated with over 50 plates with special title-pages added. 2 xxxii 1-266; 2 267-629 3 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in full burgundy morocco spines gilt with Napoleonic tools bee eagle laurels t.e.g. for Charles Lauriat. Bookplate of Samuel Clapp Endicott. Front joint of vol. I repaired. Very good handsome set. Sixth edition. Extra-illustrated with over 50 plates with special title-pages added. 2 xxxii 1-266; 2 267-629 3 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. J.M. Richardson & J. Hatchard unknown books
1814247420N.p. Paris 1814. 1 p. on letterhead of "Ministère de la Guerre". Folio. Some very slight waterstaining affecting a few letters otherwise very good handsomely mounted and framed. 1 p. on letterhead of "Ministère de la Guerre". Folio. ". dans une circomstance . mémorable". An extraordinary letter of historic significance written a mere two days after the Treaty of Fontainebleau of April 11 1814 which set the terms of Napoleon's abdication and ended an era. Dupont had been one of Napoleon's most distinguished generals but his surrender in the disastrous Spanish campaign led to disgrace and imprisonment. After the fall of Napoléon Dupont became Minister of War for Louis XVIII and in just such letters as this to Marshal Victor - one of Napoleon's most trusted generals - negotiated the acquiescence of Napoléon's military leaders: in translation "Monsieur le Maréchal; - The provisional government has read with intense interest the declaration in which your Excellency has announced his adherence to the act of the Senate pronouncing the abdication of Napoleon Buonaparte and the restoration of the Bourbons on the throne on their ancestors. By this declaration taken in the interest of the country your Excellency has established anew a claim to the gratitude of the French people as well as the respect and good will of His Majesty Louis XVIII. Such is the opinion sir of the provisional government - and I am more than happy to be its messenger on this memorable occasion". unknown books
305619Boston Little Brown and Company 1959. First American edition so stated. 8vo. 13 b/w illustrations. Bibliography. Dust jacket unclipped. Very good. 304 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Boston, Little, Brown and Company [1959]. hardcover books
180234560Gand: A.B. Stéven 1802. Octavo. Teal blue cloth-backed textured cloth boards with marbled paper overlay. 1f. recto title verso blank iii-xxxviii 1f. recto contents verso blank 1-66 pp. <br/><br/>Includes "Dons offerts à Madame Bonaparte;" "Voeux du Peuple .'" "Principales Epoques de la Vie du Premier Consul;" "Son Voyage en Belgique;" "Inscriptions pour les Portrait et Bustes;" "Sur divers sujets;" "Stances et Chanson;" "La Liberté des Mers scènes allégoriques;" and "Dialogue et Chant ajoutés à une Folie Opéra." <br/><br/>Binding somewhat worn rubbed and bumped much of marbled paper lacking; free endpapers lacking; hinges split. Slightly browned; edges dusty; some leaves worn and stained including title; three small binder's holes to inner margins; one leaf reinforced with narrow strip of early paper to inner margin. First Edition with 5 subsequent editions published between 1802 and 1811. <br/><br/>The present work is a collection of tributes poems and epigrams in commemoration of Napoleon's first visit to the Belgian department of the Scheldt in western Belgium which was under French control from 1795 to 1814. A.B. Stéven unknown books
1802256431Philadelphia: John Morgan 1802. 172 lvii 2 pp. 8vo. Three quarter modern calf on black and white marble boards. Minor rubbing at joints else fine. 172 lvii 2 pp. 8vo. A contentious British pamphleteer William Cobbett wrote under the pseudonym Peter Porcupine producing the short-lived newspaper "The Porcupine" from which these published extracts were taken. John Morgan unknown books
180241820London: Published by Cobbett and Morgan Pall-Mall 1802. Second edition. Printed by Cox Son and Baylis. 259 xcvi 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarter red morocco and marbled boards t.e.g. rest uncut. Fine. Second edition. Printed by Cox Son and Baylis. 259 xcvi 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Published by Cobbett and Morgan, Pall-Mall unknown books
1805249883Milan: De l'Imprimerie de J. J. Destefanis 1805. First edition. 6 folding plates of cannon and fortifications by C. Piraud at the end. viii 9-216 p. 8vo. Contemporary marbled boards rebacked to style in half calf with red morocco spine label light foxing to prelims and plates. First edition. 6 folding plates of cannon and fortifications by C. Piraud at the end. viii 9-216 p. 8vo. Napoleon's Seige Specialist. Francois Marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat 1754-1833 was a French general who fought in the French Revolution and was chief of engineers in the army of Italy under Napoleon. He led the seiges of Maastricht Milan and Mantua. He reconstructed the defences of northern Italy during the peace of 1800-1805 during which time he constructed the great fortress of Alessandria on the Tanaro. He then served in the Polish and German campaigns where he directed the siege of Danzig and reconstructed many fortresses. Napoleon praised Chasseloup as one of his best generals.<br/>The detailed plates at the end of the work give plans for cannon and fortifications as well as designs for a portable bridge a well a sawmill and other instruments of war. <br/>Scarce; OCLC locates only 5 copies. No copies at auction on ABPC and only a handful of copies of the second edition appeared at French auction. De l'Imprimerie de J. J. Destefanis unknown books
1922220262New York George H. Doran Company 1922. 1922. First American edition from English sheets. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait of Emperor Charles V and three illustrations. Original gilt stamped black cloth uncut. Dust jacket unclipped. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. Includes a 22 page diagnosis of Napoleon. F. Hardcover. New York, George H. Doran Company [1922]. hardcover books
18071008118vo contemporary calf spine and tips and marbled boards red leather spine label folding colored fronstispiece illustration for the last pamphlet 89 132 2 ad 48 pp. Covers almost completely detached hinges rubbed and extremities rubbed and worn in places light foxing and aging; otherwise near very good. Interesting collection of three scarce pamphlets relating to the conflict between England and France at the beginning of the 19th century. OCLC Worldcat locates only two copies of the third Title The Trial. The folding hand colored frontispiece at the beginning of the third pamphlet depicts a confrontation between Napoleon and John Bull. books
1827157151London: Henry Colburn 1827. Octavo pp. i-iii iv-ix x 1 2-406 inserted engraved frontispiece with illustration designed and drawn on stone by T. Dighton early twentieth-century three-quarter green polished calf and blue cloth spine panel tooled in gold t.e.g. marbled endpapers. First edition. "After-life philosophical fantasy which opens with some spirit wanderings through space whence the spirit of Napoleon is conducted on a brief visit to Hell before he arrives at the mighty but stagnant city of Politicopolis. There follows numerous philosophical discussions with its inhabitants. The frontispiece shows Napoleon being dangled by a gigantic angel over the vast city. Possibly written by Baron Antoine Henri de Jomini." - Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II p. 119. Locke Voyages in Space 2011 V707. Bleiler 1978 p. 213. Reginald 15720. Penciled 1928 gift inscription on a flyleaf preceding the frontispiece. Calf worn frontispiece and title page tanned small ink stain on fore-edge of text block a sound good copy. #157151 Henry Colburn unknown books
190915086LONDON HUTCHINSON 1909 1909. ORIGINAL DARK RED CLOTH 'POPULAR EDITION' VERY GOOD. Hardcover. LONDON, HUTCHINSON, 1909 hardcover books
1856291393New York: D. Appleton 1856. First American Edition. The set in two volumes each with a steel-engraved frontispiece one of Napoleon Bonaparte and the other of Joseph Bonaparte. In brown embossed cloth. The set belonged to William F. Ritchie the son of Thomas Ritchie editor of the Richmond Enquirer and he penned his name on the endpaper of each volume; William Ritchie also was for a time an Editor of the Enquirer. D. Appleton unknown books
8986LIVERPOOL JOHNSON 1841. VERY GOOD. LIVERPOOL, JOHNSON, 1841 unknown books
1803222033Bound with: Gazeta De Madrid No. 33 Martes 26 de abril de 1803. La Imprenta Real. 1803. Bound with: Minerva Peruana No. 40 Martes 23 de junio de 1807. Lima Guillermo del Rio 1807. 8vo. Bound together in later salmon paper boards uncut. Very good. Rare. Total of 32 pages. News of the Napoleonic campaigns as reported in Spain and the New World. Hardcover. Bound with: Gazeta De Madrid, No. 33 (Martes, 26 de abril de 1803). La Imprenta Real. hardcover books
