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13 - LAS CASES (Emmanuel Augustin, Count of).
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Estimate €40 - €60
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LAS CASES (Emmanuel Augustin, Count of). Memoir of St Helena. Followed by *Napoleon in Exile* by Messrs O’MEARA and ANTOMARCHI, and *The History of the Transfer of the Mortal Remains of Emperor Napoleon to Les Invalides*. Paris, Ernest Bourdin, 1842. 2 quarto volumes, in dark brown half-maroquin, smooth spine decorated with gilded Romantic metalwork featuring Napoleonic motifs (contemporary binding). A few minor scuffs. First illustrated edition of one of the finest books of the Romantic era, adorned with hundreds of vignettes within the text, two maps and 29 plates printed on applied China paper, including two frontispieces, wood-engraved mainly after Nicolas Charlet and A. Sandoz, in collaboration with Horace Vernet. Foxing. Collemant-Delamarre bookplate.
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Auction time 09/09/2026 at 1:00 PM
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