Journal of the Private Life and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon
Published by Henry Colburn, London, 1824
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- Used
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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A leather bound complete four volume set which contains the English translation of Las Cases, 'Le Memorial de Sainte-Helene', the private notes and conversations made by Napoleon during his exile. 'New Edition', published in 1824.Bound in half-calf on marbled boards.Illustrated with a range of frontispieces, colour plates, and folding plates.This is the complete four volume set which contains the private thoughts and conversations of Napoleon Bonaparte, as recorded and collected by Emmanuel, Comte de Las Cases. Published in the French as 'Le Memorial de Sainte-Helene', this work was written when Las Cases accompanied Bonaparte to Saint Helena. He took numerous notes of his conversations and sought an opportunity to leave the island once he had accumulated 'sufficient literary material'.This particular edition was a facsimile for the original edition, published to mark the bicentenary of Napoleon's birth.Vol I (1824) contains the preface as well as 'Residence at Briars' with one folding plate and three plates, one of which is in colour.Vol II (1835) contains contents such as 'Description of the Emperor's Apartment' and 'Papers from Europe' with three illustrated plates.Vol III (1835) contains contents like 'Our Establishment on Fire', and 'Marie Antoinette', with five illustrated plates.Vol IV (1835) contains contents such as 'The Emperor indisposed and melancholy', 'Alarming Change in the Emperor', 'I take a Resolution', and 'My lively Anxieties', with four illustrated plates.Emmanuel-Augustin-Dieudonne-Joseph (1766-1842) was a French atlas-maker and author, who is perhaps best known for his book on Napoleon. He was expelled from France but returned after Napoleon's death to publish the 'Memorial' and make a fortune from it.With one page of publisher's adverts to the rear of Vol I.Collated, complete. Bound in half-calf on marbled boards. Externally, smart. Some rubbing and edge wear to the extremities and to the spine, with some cracking to the spine of a few volumes. Volume IV's spine is lightly faded. Marks to board as well as spine. Vol I has been re-backed with the original leather spine laid back and new endpapers. Front hinge starting to Vol IV. Boards have detached completely from spine of Vol II, and spine may detach from binding with further handling. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with age-toning to the pages and the odd spot which increases to the first and last few pages. Offsetting to the pages facing some of the plates. Very Good.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Journal of the Private Life and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon
- Author
- The Count de Las Cases
- Publisher
- Henry Colburn, London
- Publication year
- 1824
- Condition
- Very Good
- Book Type
- book
- Binding
- Leather
- Illustrator
- Various
- Item weight
- 4 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Seller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography
Rooke Books PBFA
Bath, United Kingdom
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