Pillet

First edition.
Contemporary binding in full blonde tree calf. Smooth spine decorated with geometric motifs, fleurons and gilt dentelles. Green morocco title-label. Blind fillet framing the boards. Gilt roulette on the edges and headcaps. A large abrasion to the front board.
Written in 1814, while Napoleon was fighting at the gates of Paris. The author, one of Napoleon's advisors for ten years, seeks in this work to draw the true portrait of the emperor, to scrutinize, behind the appearance of things, the true motivations and the true character of Napoleon Bonaparte. The author unmasks the false legends, understanding that the prodigious faculty of embracing everything has its rever

Fourth edition.
Work illustrated with a portrait, vignette and a facsimile.
Spine restored and reinforced, marginal lacks affecting the covers, some light foxing, rare copy presented in its original wrappers.
Gift inscription on the reverse of the front cover.

Second edition.
Braid binding in full percaline midnight blue, smooth back decorated with a floral golden pattern, date, place and double golden net tail, title label of brown shagreen, blankets preserved.
Some small foxing.
Illustrated book of a frontispiece, a vignette and a facsimile.

First edition printed in a small number of copies and published anonymously. Small tears at head and foot of spine, handsome interior condition. Rare pamphlet.