Lot 178
Vernet, Carle - Napoleon
Auction: 16 May 2008 at 12:00 BST
Description
Tableaux historiques des campagnes d'Italie, depuis l'an IV jusqu'à la bataille de Marengo. Paris: Auber, 1806. First edition, large folio, half-title, engraved portrait of Napoleon on horseback, folding map, and 22 engraved plates, engraved head-pieces, engraved double portrait of Napoleon and Josephine, contemporary calf, gilt border to sides, spine gilt, neatly rebacked retaining original spine, corners neatly repaired, a few leaves very lightly spotted but a tall clean copy
Footnote
Note: Some copies are found with the portrait, map, double portrait and 28 plates, but many copies are found with a complement as ours. A magnficent production published to reflect Napoleon's military successes in Europe.
Provenance: Richard Gregory Esq. F.R.S.F.A.S., Coole, near Gort, Ireland and No. 56 Berners Street, London, bookplate; small duplicate stamp dated 1837 on title verso.