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139 - "NORVINS (Jacques Marquet de Montbreton, Baron de).
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Estimate €50 - €80
Description
"NORVINS (Jacques Marquet de Montbreton, Baron de). History of Napoleon. Paris, Ambroise Dupont, 1827–1828. 4 in-8 volumes, first edition illustrated with numerous en-plaques engraved by Couché fils and 6 fold-out plans or maps. Contemporary purple half-calf binding, plain spine with decorative lettering. Handwritten note bound into the front of the volume: ‘M. Valin, 1/2 calf, 4 volumes’. (Map of Egypt torn and uniformly foxed, probably from another copy; spine sun-faded, foxing)"
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