Fine Books and Manuscripts

[Fine Binding] Bonaparte, Napoleon. Seven Finely Bound Volumes Related to Napoleon. 3 works in seven volumes. Titles include Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourienne (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1906; Contemporary half crushed Levant over marbled boards, raised bands, compartments with gilt centerpiece tooling featuring bees and a crown a top the letter “N”, marbled endpapers, t.e.g.); Napoleon in Exile; or, A Voice from St. Helena by Barry E. O’Meara (William Gowans, 1853; contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards, raised bands with gilt rolls, compartments with gilt titling and centerpieces, marbled endpapers, t.e.g.); and Napoléon Ier et son temps by Roger Peyre (Firmin–Didot, 1888; contemporary full red pebbled cloth with a semé pattern of Napoleonic Bees bordered with gilt decoration featuring the Napoleonic Eagle ornaments, marbled endpapers, a.e.g.). Profusely illustrated. 8vo/4to. Occasional rubbing to extremities, Napoléon Ier et son temps slightly shaken near rear, Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte spines sunned; else very good.