Napoleon Raconte par l'Image d'apres Sculpteurs, les Graveurs et les Peintres by Dayot, Armand - 1895

Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie., 1902.. Second edition. 4to. Profusely illustrated. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in red and green, backed in green morocco, spine embossed and gilt stamped, a.e.g. (spine sunned to light brown, joints well rubbed, but solid. Very good. 319 pages. Pages 315-328 show examples of Napoleon's signatures and handwriting over his lifetime.. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Good++, No Dust Jacket Libraire Hachette et Cie 1895 4TO, B/W Illus, Hardcover Hardcover. Written in French, no translation. Green leather boards with decorative stamped boarder, as well as decorations in gold and red in center of front board. Title and decorations in gold on spine between raised bands. Boards are noticeably sun faded to brown all around decorative boarder and spine. Corners and spine ends frayed, edges rubbed and frayed. All edges gilt. Bookplate on inside paste down. Text pages are clean, a few signatures are starting to loosen. Many tissue guarded illustrations throughout. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.

Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1902. Leather. Very Good. 12" by 8". Not Stated. A French study into the image and life of Napoleon Bonaparte, illustrated heavily throughout with portraits and satirical images. In the original French.A study of the images surrounding Napoleon Bonaparte, from his striking portraits to the satirical illustrations of newspapers under his reign. An interesting biography on the polarising historical figure.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and both full-paged and in-text illustrations.Written by Armand Dayot, a French art critic and historian. Bookplate of Major Sir Brunel Cohen to the front pastedown, with a later example of his bookplate loosely inserted. Cohen was a British Conservative Party politician, who massively campaigned on the behalf of disabled people after he lost both of his legs in the First World War.Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper, 'From Theresa Otterbourg, Jack's godmother who wishes him many happy returns of his… Read More

Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1902. Nouvelle Edition Remaniee. Fine. Nouvelle Edition Remaniee. Quarto. [iv], iv, 388p. Profusely illustrated, including a chapter on Napoleon's handwriting. Handsomely bound in dark green morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and Napoleonic panel ornaments, the bands surrounded by gilt rules and with dotted rules on the bands.