Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Title:
Supper at Beaucaire / by Napoleon Bonaparte ; translated into English for the first time, by Somerset De Chair.
Alternate Title(s):
Souper de Beaucaire. English.
Published / Created:
London, England : Printed and published at the Golden Cockerel Press, MCMXLV [1945]
Physical Description:
38, [1] pages : portrait ; 15 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Designed, produced, and published by Christopher Sandford at the Golden Cockerell Press, London. Composition, press-work and collotype reproduction at the Chiswick Press. The edition is limited to 500 numbered copies, nos. 1-100 on Batchelor's handmade paper and bound in full vellum, nos. 101-500 on Fabriano's mouldmade paper and bound in cloth."--Colophon.
Subject Terms:
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821. | France -- History -- Reign of Terror, 1793-1794. | France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 | France -- Kings and rulers. | Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. | De Chair, Somerset Struben, 1911- -- Autograph.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London. | Binders' stamps (Binding) -- Sangorski & Sutcliffe. | Binders' stamps (Binding) -- Sangorski & Sutcliffe. | Booksellers' labels (Provenance) -- Holliday Bookshop. | Photomechanical prints -- 1945.
Contributors:
De Chair, Somerset Struben, 1911-, translator. | Golden Cockerel Press, publisher. | Chiswick Press, printer. | Sandford, Christopher, book designer. | Sangorski & Sutcliffe, binder.