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[BONAPARTE, Napoleon (1769-1821), subject]. The Atrocities of the Corsican Daemon; or a Glance at Buonaparte. London: Minerva Press, 1803. 8vo. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Napoleon with an insulting caption: “Do but observe the face of Villany.” [2, blank], [ii], [1]-63, [1, ad], [2, blank] pp. Approximately 8 x 4 ¾”. Bound in later full reddish-brown buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt (spine sunned, front joint starting, some offsetting to endleaves, contemporary ink or pencil markings on both blanks, frontispiece creased at lower corner, some occasional soiling to text). Fine. FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARE ANTI-NAPOLEON PAMPHLET. With the ownership signatures of English and Classics Professor Ben C. Clough on the ffep, and contemporary inscription of John Hornwood (dated 1790) on the rear blank.