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Title(s)
Memoirs of the public and private life of Napoleon Bonaparte / with copious historical illustrations, and original anecdotes, from the ms. of Count Labédoyère, interspersed with extracts from M.V. Arnault, Counts Rapp, Montholon, Las Cases, Gourgaud, Segur, &c. Preceded by an, analysis of the French revolution.
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Published/Created
London : Published by George Virture, [1835?]
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Physical Description
2 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DC203 .M45 1835
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Originally issued in parts, with title on printed wrappers: Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte : with copious historical illustrations and original anecdotes, from the MS. of Count Labedoyere : bringing the history of the period of the battle of Waterloo : to conclude with the two volumes of the Voice from St. Helena by Barry O'Meara ... : preceded by an interesting analysis of the French Revolution.
Colored steel engraved portrait of Napoleon Francis Charles Joseph, Duke of Reichstadt by J. Rogers. Colored aquatint portrait of Field Marshall Prince Blücher of Wahlstatt by Hopwood. Colored lithograph map of the battles of Waterloo and Ligny by Noble. Colored lithographed portrait of "Napoleon, ut in morte recumbit" by Fenner.
Printed by R. Clay, Bread-Street-Hill.
Paged continuously.
British Museum. General catalogue of printed books to 1955 (compact edition), v. 12, p. 798
BAC: British Art Center copy in original parts, in printed wrappers. The set appears to be made up from variant printings. Part 1 (nos. 1-4) and part 6 are in yellow wrappers, all but the first of which are dated 1835. Parts 2-11 are in paler beige wrappers, undated, with the words "Coloured Edition" printed at the head of the title. -
Subject Terms
Blansford -- Autograph. | Clay, R. -- Printer. | France -- History -- 1789–1815. | France -- Kings and rulers -- Biography. | Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821. | Virture, G. -- Publisher.
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Form/Genre
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1835. | Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1835. | Steel engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1835.
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