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elala6093Paris: l’Auteur 1823. Published the same year as the first edition. As usual this copy is without the two maps that were issued separately. 8 Volumes. 12mo. with half-titles. folding engraved plan of Longwood. contemporary quarter calf edges worn some scattered foxing repair along edge of folding plan. elala6093 Paris: l’Auteur, 1823 unknown
1824349851824. hardcover. very good. 8 volumes. Thick 12mo 1/2 brown calf marbled boards and endpapers. Paris: Depot du Memorial 1824. Very good.<br/> <br/> Classic exhaustively detailed account of the Little Corporal's last months in exile.<br/> <br/> unknown
elala5617<p>London: Printed For Henri Colburn 1824. Second and Best Edition. Las Cases a French officer accompanied Napoleon into exile at St. Helena in 1815. There he fulfilled the role of secretary recording Napoleon's conversations which he later published in the present work. 8 Parts in 4 Volumes. 8vo. pp. x 395 1; vi 375 1; v 1 378; iv 376; iv 319 1; vi 384; v 1errata 334; iv 318. 2 engraved portraits 3 of 4 hand-coloured aquatints 1 engraved plate 1 folding engraved plan & 3 folding engraved maps 1 in duplicate. contemporary calf neatly rebacked gilt tooled spines all edges gilt some light wear to joints & extremities occasional light foxing. elala5617</p> London: Printed For Henri Colburn, 1824
182648018Carlsruhe: Johan Velten 1826. hardcover. very good. Folio. Worn but sturdy marbled boards with expert repairs in cloth to spine and corners; some hinges have also been restored. Includes elaborate title page dedication page preface to German edition 43 hinged hand-colored sheets 24 maps and 19 tables. Some light toning and foxing throughout. Carlsruhe: Johann Velten 1826.<br/> <br/> First German edition of the popular French atlas. Phillips List of Geographical Atlases #3550. Title translates to: "Historical-genealogical-geographical Atlas of Le Sage Count Las Cases in three and thirty-fold surveys translated from French of the latest edition into German and augmented with two political-geographical surveys by Alexandre von Dusch".<br> <br> Emmanuel-Augustin-Dieudonné-Joseph comte de Las Cases 1766-1842 was a French atlas-maker aka Le-Sage and author.<br/> <br/> Johan Velten unknown
1818316794London: Printed by R. Juigné 17 Margaret Street Cavendish Square 1818. Second Edition augmented with a map of Europe Showing its presewnt divisons as settled by the Congress of Vienna. With 39 double page plates and with six additional maps tipped in. Title page not present plate XIII America bound out of order. 1 vols. Folio 18 x 16 inches approx. Recent half deerskin and marbled boards. Original printed title label Price £4.4s mounted on upper board. Second Edition augmented with a map of Europe Showing its presewnt divisons as settled by the Congress of Vienna. With 39 double page plates and with six additional maps tipped in. Title page not present plate XIII America bound out of order. 1 vols. Folio 18 x 16 inches approx. Attractively bound copy of this standard early nineteenth century compendium of historical charts and historical geography.<br /> <br /> With six additional historical maps tipped in:<br /> <br /> Map of Great Britain according to the Itereray of Antoninus T. Lodge sculp. ca. 1750.<br /> Alexander's Expedition E. Bowen sculp.<br /> Expedition of Cyrus E. Bowen sculp.<br /> A Map of the Retreat of the Ten Thousand.<br /> Asia Minor for the Ancient History of Mr. Rollin R.W. Seale sculp.<br /> A map of the Nordic lands. Printed by R. Juigné, 17, Margaret Street, Cavendish Square unknown
180732723Florence: Cheze Molini Landi. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1807. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; Elephant Folio 23" ; Contemp. 1/2 calf & marbled bds. blind & gilt-decorated gilt-lettered spine marbled endpapers & edges; scuffed corners slightly rubbed. Hand-colored double-page Hemisphere maps 35 hand-colored double-page engraved maps & tables on sheets with letterpress. Scattered generally light foxing. Armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick on front pastedown. Ex-library - ink stamp at foot of preface. A little rubbing to extremities otherwise quite nice. . Cheze Molini, Landi, hardcover