Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller
Item #22840 Memoirs to Serve for the History of Napoleon I From 1802 to 1815 (3 vols.). Baron Claude-Francois de Mèneval, Baron Napoleon Joseph de Mèneval, Robert H. Sherard, transl.

Memoirs to Serve for the History of Napoleon I From 1802 to 1815 (3 vols.)

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1894. Hardcover. 3 volumes. 8vo. xvi,421pp. 483,[1]pp. 541,[4]pp. Three-quarter gold-lined leather over green cloth with gold decorated spine. Raised bands. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Ex-libris of Harry B. Koch on inside of front board. Frontispiece in all 3 volumes. Frontispiece portraits of Emperor Napoleon I., Empress Josephine and Empress Marie-Louise, all protected by tissue guard. "The work completed by the addition of unpublished documents, and arranged and edited by his grandson Baron Napoleon Joseph de Mèneval. Translated and annotated by Robert H. Sherard." Illustrated with 4 (incl. frontispieces) full-page reproductions in photogravure. Vol. III with 3 facsimile of handwritten letters, one in fold-out. Minor age wear and staining on binding. Split along spine on backboard, firmly holding. Paper split along gutter on half-title page in Vol. I. Minor chipping and tearing on pages 537-540 in Vol. III. Tight copies in overall very good condition. Bindings protected in modern mylar. vg. Item #22840

Price: $150.00