Empire - Lot 278

Lot 278
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Empire - Lot 278
Empire LAS CASES (Emmanuel Auguste Dieudonne, count of) Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène, ou journal où se trouve consigné, jour par jour, ce qu'a dit et fait Napoléon durant dix-huit mois. Paris, the author; all the booksellers of France and abroad, 1823. 8 volumes large in-8, with a folding map (Campagne d'Italie) and a plate (Longwood's route), and the errata of volumes 1-4, 6 & 8. Missing the map of St. Helena. ½ green calf of the time, smooth spines slightly sunned, red title and tomes, gilt fillets and roulette. Beautiful copy in contemporary binding. First edition. "Famous work, masterpiece of the imperial propaganda [] which appears in all the great literary collections" (Tulard, 850).
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