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a green and gold book with gold trimming on the coveran open book with a picture of a man riding a horse in front of a castlean open book with a picture of a man riding a horse
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8 - "BARTHÉLÉMY (A. M.) & MÉRY (J.).
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Estimate €50 - €80
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"BARTHÉLÉMY (A. M.) & MÉRY (J.). Napoleon in Egypt, Waterloo and The Son of Man. Preceded by a literary introduction by M. Tissot. Paris, Bourdin, n.d. [1842]. Quarto, second edition illustrated with a frontispiece, 16 large inset vignettes on applied laid paper drawn by Horace Vernet and Hippolyte Bellangé, and 120 engravings within the text. Contemporary publisher’s full green leather binding, the covers richly decorated with a plate depicting, in the centre, the two sides of the bronze medal representing Bonaparte, Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Army, commissioned specifically for this edition, engraved by Ch. Bovy and presented to subscribers prior to the book’s printing; all edges gilt. (scuffing and minor repairs to the binding; foxing)"
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