Search Results: memoirs of napoleon bonaparte to which by m de bourrienne

London: Richard Bentley, 1836. 4 volumes, complete. Good condition. A reading/reference set. NOT in collector's condition. SEE PHOTOS. Covers rubbed. Hinges frayed. Pages are clean and unmarked with only minimal foxing. Part of the top edge of a map in Vol. 1 is torn away (the map is still complete; loss is only to part of the blank margin). NO owner's name or bookplate. 1836. Second Edition in English, with much material and many illustrations not published in the 1830 first edition, making this the preferred edition. 4 volumes: Vol. I: xxi, 392pp; Vol. II: xii, 404pp; Vol. III: viii, 400pp; Vol. IV: iv, 420pp. Complete with 28 plates - a frontispiece in each of the 4 volumes, a folding plan, one facsimile & 22 other portraits/plates. The facsimile of Napoleon's Abdication appears near page 208 in Volume 4, rather than in Vol. 3 as called for by the binder's instructions. The 4 volumes are uniformly bound in three quarter green calf (spine and corners), and green… Read More

London: Richard Bentley , 1836. Cloth. Good. 9" by 5.5". None . The celebrated memoirs of Napoleon by his private secretary, complete in four uniform volumes. Complete in four volumes. Uniformly bound in the original publisher's uniform cloth bindings. The private memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte during his directory, consulate, and empire (1793-1815), celebrated work by M. de Bourrienne, Napoleon's private secretary and close relation from childhood. Giving an intimate and vivid account of the author's interactions with Napoleon, his mother and family, his wife, notable French politicians, marshals, an other important figures. Due to the closeness of the relationship and hence details shared on Napoleon's character, this work caused controversy particularly with devoted Bonapartists. Originally published in French in 1829-30, the present set is of an early edition, first to include an account of the important events of the hundred days, of Napoleon's surrender to the English, and of his exile and… Read More