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Napoleon in exile or a voice from St. Helena
by O MEARA, Barry E. (Napoleon)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Glendale, California, United States
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About This Item
Two volumes. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter brown morocco, gilt-stamped spines, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt. Some rubbing to the boards, but a very good attractive set now housed in a maroon cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION of this revealing portrait of Napoleon by his surgeon and close confidant O'Meara, with engraved frontispiece portrait. O'Meara was surgeon on board the Bellerophon when it received Napoleon in 1815. Bonaparte was attracted by the doctor's ability to speak Italian, and when his own surgeon declined to follow him into exile, he asked that O'Meara accompany him to St. Helena as his medical attendant. The admiralty readily permitted O'Meara to join the emperor, hoping that he would serve as a sort of spy, but O'Meara alienated himself from the admiralty and became partisan on behalf of Napoleon and was eventually dismissed from his post. His account of Napoleon in exile was tremendously popular and quickly went through five editions and two editions of the French translation. The work remains an important primary source for Napoleon's final years. Lowndes, 1725. Despite going through many editions, the first edition is now notoriously scarce.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 178
- Title
- Napoleon in exile or a voice from St. Helena
- Author
- O MEARA, Barry E. (Napoleon)
- Format/Binding
- 3/4 morocco
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. Simpkin and R. Marshall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1822
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- French History, Napoleon
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
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About Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Edges
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
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