Lot 74
Lot 74
Books on Napoleon

4 works, 1788-1906

Price Realised USD 6,250
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USD 2,500 - USD 4,500
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Books on Napoleon

4 works, 1788-1906

Price Realised USD 6,250
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Price Realised USD 6,250
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NAPOLEON I – a group of 4 works about or associated with Napoleon, Josephine, and their circle. 1788-1906.

BUTTURA, Antonio (1770-1832). A Napoleon il Grande. Paris: Didot, 1807. Octavo (155 x 92mm). Contemporary green morocco gilt, imperial arms on boards. Provenance: San Donato library of Prince Demidoff and Princesse Mathilde, daughter of Jerome Bonaparte (stamp) – G. Nordbäck (bookplate).

[WITH:] CARLI, Gian Rinaldo, Comte (1720-1795). Lettres Américaines. Boston, et se trouve a Paris, 1788. Two volumes, octavo (197 x 116mm). Contemporary calf with JB monogram gilt on flat spine. Provenance: Josephine Bonaparte (her monogram on spines, Malmaison library stamp in text).

[WITH:] 2 other works in 6 volumes on the life and exile of Empreror Napoleon Bonaparte.
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