Bicentenaire de la mort de Napoléon

First edition.
Some minor foxing, bibliophile's printed stamp serving as bookplate at head of title page.
Contemporary half bottle-green sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with blind-stamped fleurons and gilt fillets, slight scratches to spine, marbled paper boards, speckled edges.

First edition without statement of edition, illustrated with 2 portraits including one in color of the Duke of Reichstadt, 4 facsimiles and 2 maps, as well as a folding table. The 10th volume, in uniform binding, is the refutation of Raguse's memoirs by Laurent de Lardeche: Réfutation des Mémoires du Maréchal Marmont, Duc de Raguse devant l'histoire.
Contemporary half black shagreen binding. Smooth spine in Jansenist style with cold fillets. Gilt title and volume number. Boards rubbed. One library label at the foot of volume 5. Some foxing on an otherwise fresh set. Good copy.
"Of first order for Bonaparte's youth, but only for this period. Does not Marmont declare that he admires the young officer and despises the Emperor? These very detailed memoirs on all the campaigns of the Duke of Raguse therefore call for many reservations not only because of the late nature of their composition but also because of their desire to constantly present the author in a favorable light compared to Napoleon. This plea was refuted by Laurent de l'Ardèche in 1857". Tulard, 963. Very well documented work. Second lieutenant at 15, Marmont is already captain when he meets young Bonaparte at Toulon. He becomes his aide-de-camp and follows the general to Italy, then to Egypt.

First edition, one of 100 copies numbered and justified on Holland paper by the publisher, deluxe copy.
Fine copy despite small marginal worming on first endpaper.
Work illustrated with a color frontispiece, a facsimile letter as well as 7 plates of which 3 in color, historiated bandeaux and initials, reproducing drawings by Detaille, Berne-Bellecour, Baugnies, etc...

First edition.
Light lacks and angular tears to covers, some minor interior foxing, pages 104-105 shadowed due to the presence of a loose annotation sheet.
Copy in original wrappers.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on Alfa paper.
Signed autograph Joseph Delteil Maurice Martin Gard: "... this little fairy tale for the use of only poets of course .."

First edition in French, one of 38 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Minor marginal tears to boards without consequence, light stain at foot of first endpaper.
Handsome full-margined copy illustrated with 8 maps hors-texte and 2 sketches in the text.

The rare first edition.
Half brown sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt typographical motifs nearly faded, brown shagreen title label, wooden-effect paper boards, yellow edges.
Occasional light foxing, gift inscription in pen from a previous owner of the work on the half-title page.

First edition.
Binding in half percaline bradel Siena land, smooth back, title piece of Havana shagreen with two scratches, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of orange paper, Contemporary binding.
Rare and nice copy.
Autograph deducted and signed by Emmanuel Delorme to Captain Pineau.

The rare and sought-after first edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna-colored cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Ink gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page, some light foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.

First edition published anonymously.
Half green sheep binding, smooth faded spine decorated with wide gilt friezes, a fleuron and gilt imperial eagle, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding signed by Saingy.
Pen gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page.
Rare and handsome copy almost entirely free from foxing.

New edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Scattered foxing, ink gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page.
Copy decorated with a facsimile letter as frontispiece and a large folding map at the end of the volume.
Rare.

First edition of these unpublished memoir fragments.
Half sienna cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title-label with marginal loss, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing mainly affecting the edges, pen gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page.

First edition.
Bindings in half Empire green sheepskin, smooth backs discolored and lightened adorned with quadruple golden threads, traces of rubbing on the backs, marbled paper plates with scuffs, yellow slices, some dull corners, bindings of the time.
Ex-donos with the feather of a previous proportion of the book on the guards of the volumes, some small frighteners without gravity and some snags on the cuts.
Illustrated book of a portrait of Maximilian Lamarque frontispiece of the first volume.
Our copy is enriched by an exceptional autograph letter signed by a page of Maximilian Lamarque, at the head of his staff, written at his headquarters in Nantes on August 15, 1830 and in which he takes surprisingly the defense of officers who violated the orders of the colonel of the 10th Light Infantry Regiment to whom this letter is addressed and who went as far as to desert: "... some of the officers who left you on the road to Ancenis, fear to be badly received by you, for the reason that you may judge, that they have failed in discipline.I warn you that I approve in all their conduct, that I would have done like them if I have been in your regiment, that I will do all that will depend on me, to make them have rewards, and that you will be in my eyes responsible for all that can happen to them of unpleasant in the body that you order.
There are circumstances in which the love of the country and of liberty, where the fear of making war on one's country, makes it possible to break all ties and to trample under foot all the ordinances. Those in which we found ourselves have in my eyes this number.
On the sidelines of this letter, an observer expresses his astonishment about this antimilitarist letter of a hero of the Revolution and the Empire.

First edition.
Contemporary half green shagreen Empire binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt dots and gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled top edge, original wrappers preserved.
Some minor foxing of no consequence, gift inscription in ink from a previous owner on the half-title page.

Third edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards.
Foxing, pen gift inscription from a previous owner.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards.
Foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume, pen gift inscription from a previous owner, copy slightly warped.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Baron Dominique Larrey.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna-colored cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Light foxing mainly affecting the edges, gift inscription in ink by a previous owner on the half-title page.
Rare.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at tail, black shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Gift inscription in ink from a previous owner on the half-title page of the volume, foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume.
Rare work illustrated with 8 watercolored plates of military costume, 4 black portraits and 1 folding map at end of volume.

First edition.
Binding in the bradel in half percaline Siena, smooth back decorated with a golden floret, double gilded nets in tail, title piece of black shagreen, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of orange paper, Contemporary binding .
Illustrated book of inset figures.
Signed autograph from a soldier to an officer by way of present.
Rare and nice copy.

First edition.
Bradel bindings in half sienna cloth, smooth spines decorated with gilt floral motifs, double gilt fillets at foot, navy blue shagreen title labels, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings.
Some foxing, gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title pages of the volumes.
Work illustrated with 3 frontispiece portraits.
Rare work complete in 3 volumes.

First edition.
Bradel bindings in half sienna cloth, smooth spines decorated with gilt fleurons at foot, marbled paper boards.
Some minor foxing, gift inscriptions from a previous owner on the half-title pages of the volumes.
Work illustrated with a map (which has a small lack at border without affecting its integrity) at the end of the second volume.

New edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Some foxing, gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page.

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First edition.
Contemporary Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards.
Some foxing mainly on the edges and also at beginning and end of volume, gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page.
Our copy complete with the 3 portraits outside text in heliogravure: Nicolas Louis Planat de la Faye as frontispiece painted by H. Winterhalter, Madame F. E. Planat de la Faye painted by L. Knaus, portrait of N. L. Planat de la Faye drawn from life on July 24, 1815, aboard the Bellerophon.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half periwinkle blue cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, red shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Light foxing, gift inscription in ink by a previous owner on the half-title page.

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First edition.
Bradel binding in red half cloth, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, navy blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns.
Scattered foxing, gift inscription in ink from a previous owner on the half-title page.

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First edition.
Bradel bindings.
Occasional foxing, ex-donos.
Rare.
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First edition.
Half burgundy sheep binding, smooth spine faded and lightened decorated with double gilt fillets with minor scratches of no consequence, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, three tears to the leading edges, contemporary binding.
Some foxing, gift inscription in ink by a previous owner on an endpaper.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half Sienna earth cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at tail, navy blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Scattered foxing, gift inscription in ink from a previous owner on an endpaper, edges lightly dusty.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of General Sérurier as well as a folding facsimile, 3 folding maps and another hors-texte portrait of General Sérurier.
Rare.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, bronze shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume, gift inscription in ink from a previous owner of the work.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece statue of Marshal Bosquet.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt botanical motif, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Scattered foxing, gift inscription in ink by a former owner on endpaper.
Work illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and a facsimile of a manuscript letter.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, blue shagreen title-label with small lack, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns.
Scattered foxing, pen gift inscription from a former owner on an endpaper.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and a facsimile of a manuscript letter.

Second edition published the same year as the first edition.
Bradel bindings in half Sienna earth cloth, smooth spines decorated with gilt fleurons, double gilt fillets at tails, marbled paper boards.
Scattered foxing, gift inscriptions in ink from a previous owner of the work on the endpapers.

Edition illustrated with original compositions by Julien Le Blant and original etchings by Louis Muller, one of 38 numbered copies on China paper.
Half red morocco binding, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed by Creuzevault.
Our copy is incomplete of the quadruple suite of etchings as stipulated in the justification.
Handsomely bound copy.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies announced.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally discolored and faded as usual, small tears at foot of spine at the level of deckled edges, some foxing at foot of certain leaves.
A full-margined copy.

Belgian counterfeit edition published the same year as the first edition.
Bradel binding in full vellum-style boards with flaps, smooth spine, covers decorated with words written in pen and calligraphed in the manner of the 19th century, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, bookplate pasted at head of one pastedown, pastiche binding signed by A.F. Thiébaut.
Some foxing, endpapers entirely sunned.

First edition.
Half marbled sheep with small vellum corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, two minute holes to spine, red morocco title-label, marbled paper boards with small lacks of paper, contemporary binding.
Handsome interior condition.

First edition; a private edition was made in a few copies for the author's family in 1837, and it took 8 years before the author decided to release it to the public. 9 folding tables (budgets for the years 1806, 1808...)
Contemporary binding in half glazed blonde calf. Spine with false raised bands decorated with cold and hot fillets, roulette at foot. Red morocco title label, and black morocco volume label. A very slight crack to the upper joint at the head of volume 4, otherwise fine copy, moreover of perfect freshness.
Essential memoirs for understanding the Empire according to Tulard. Mollien was Minister of the Treasury from the Consulate to the end of the Empire. His memoirs are particularly concerned with details and precision. In the preface, Mollien admits his preference for Adam Smith's school over his own (Mollien spent 5 years in England studying finance after being dismissed and imprisoned during the Terror). He notably created the Court of Auditors. The work begins with an analysis of France's financial situation under Louis XVI, up to Bonaparte's rise. The tax system was consolidated under Napoleon, notably as consequences of the Empire's multiple wars. The memoirs contain numerous letters between the minister and his sovereign. The author thus presents an unprecedented economic and financial portrait of France under the Empire.

First collected edition with some parts in first edition.
Bradel binding in indigo half-cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, burgundy shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, two corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Introduction and notes by Jacques Ledreit de Lacharrière.
Handsome copy.

First French edition, rare, the first edition having appeared in London in 1801. 33 double pages heightened in colors, being 22 maps (sometimes two per page) published in 8 parts of 4 maps or charts between 1802 and 1826 (Quérard). Edition published under the pseudonym A. Lesage.
Contemporary half sheep binding with corners. Paper boards with glue bordered with gilt rules. Sheep label on front board. Some stains on spine. Paper of boards faded. Some foxing. Quérard, in his France littéraire, reports regarding this work that it would not truly be the work of Las Cases but of an English or Irish clergyman who would have sold his work to the latter who would have published it upon his return to France; in any case this world atlas (map of Asia, Oceania, America) is a compilation, the maps naturally not being by Las Cases, and the author drew from various works to compose his own. This atlas was reprinted several times and continued, but although provided with more maps (which one could purchase additionally), these reissues no longer concern exclusively the world under the Empire and are therefore less specific. The geopolitical Europe of 1802/1804 is not the same as that of 1822 or 1831, and it is the same for the United States. Besides the maps of the five continents, one can distinguish a map of ancient Greece, of the Roman world...

First edition, one of 900 numbered copies on Lana vellum, the only issue with 50 Arches and 50 pure linen.
Work illustrated with 12 lithographs and original drawings by Jack Girbal.
Fine copy despite a small tear at the foot of the spine.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only leading copies.
Back and boards of the second volume partially and slightly insolated, otherwise pleasant together.
Signed autograph of Jean Bourguignon Gérard Mainguet on the first volume.

First edition handsomely illustrated with 6 frontispiece titles and 60 figures, all on strong vellum, under silky paper ; engraved after François Louis Couché by Bovinet.
Contemporary bound in half blond basane, richly decorated spine. Red morocco title-pieces, black basane volume-pieces, framed with foliage ornaments. Small tear at the upper part of the joint in volume I. Very small loss at the head of volume III. Some foxing and spotting, in the margins and around the engravings (due to the silky paper left over them). A very nice copy with a particularly elegant and decorative binding.
Ex libris on the back cover : "Vloemans". Second ex libris from the XXth century : "B. G." featuring an open book.

Military history of France from 1792 to 1815 recording every battle (Revolution, Egyptian campaigns, Vendée wars, Europe...). The work narrates the revolutionary and imperial history considering the latter to be a direct continuation of the first, viewing Napoleon Bonaparte as the central figure of France's history during both of these periods. For the sake of historical objectivity, the work borrows extracts from several memoirs of generals and prominent figures from the Napoleonic wars, notably Lannes... The third volume dealing with the Egyptian campaign also contains various reports from scholars who accompanied Bonaparte.

First edition.
Bindings in half heart green shagreen corners, back four nerves set with golden threads, double nets on cardboard green fir plates, minor minor scratches on the boards, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, slices marbled, four blunt corners, bindings of the time.
Rare redheads, ex-donos of a previous owner on the pages of false titles of the volumes.
Complete book of the portrait of General Pierre Berthezène frontispiece of the first volume.
Signed autograph of the General's son to Marshal Magnan.

First edition.
Binding in half percaline Siena bradel, smooth back decorated with a golden floret, double gilded nets in tail, title piece of shagreen bronze, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of orange paper, Contemporary binding .
Some foxinges mainly affecting the slices.
Signed autograph dedication of Count Fleury to Captain Pineau.

First edition.
Bindings in half red shagreen with corners, back with five nerves set with golden dots and adorned with richly decorated double gilded boxes, double gilded nets on the marble paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded heads.
Some small foxinges, ex-dono with the feather of a previous owner of the work on a guard of the third volume, traces of friction on the upper edges of the volumes.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph of Arthur Chuquet to Commander Pineau on the first volume.

First edition.
Half black sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with double compartments and cold fillets, black paper boards with slight scuffing, some rubbing traces on the edges, contemporary binding.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Emile Marco de Saint-Hilaire.
Some minor foxing without significance.

First edition.
Contributions by Charles-Henry Hirsch, Henry Mazel, Camille Mauclair, Louis Dumur, Léon Bazalgette among others.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition of 'Pour le beau' by André Germain which occupies the entirety of this volume.
A lack at foot of spine, rare copy.