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Souvenirs de Napoléon ou Choix des Principales. Epochs of his life.
Orné de son Portrait
Bruxelles, chez Rottigui, 1833. In-16 oblong (120 x 165 mm).
Green percale, boards decorated with a large cold frame and a gilt fillet with flowers at the corners, cover preserved.
19 miniature lithographs (48 x 67 mm) (including the portrait of Napoleon the
Great. Emperor of the French) heightened with colors, pasted on laid paper of various colors. Scenes captioned and dated in frames of 5 ink fillets, one of which is wide bordering the miniature.
Scenes: 1793. Arrival in France| November 15, 1796. The Bridge of Arcole| July 22, 1798. Battle of the Pyramids| May 15, 1800. Passage of Mount St. Bernard| June 14, 1800. Battle of Marengo| December 2, 1805. Battle of Austerlitz| October 14, 1806. Battle of Iena| October 25
1806. The tomb of Frederick the Great| April 23, 1809.
Napoleon wounded at Regensburg| July 6, 1809. Battle of Wagram| September 7, 1812. Battle of Moskowa| September 16, 1812.
Fire of Moscow| November 27, 1812. Passage of the Beresina| December 1812. Retreat from Russia| May 2, 1813. Battle of Lutzen| April 20, 1814. The farewell of Fontainebleau| March 6, 1815. The return from Elba| May 5, 1821. The Death of Napoleon.
Very fresh colours.
RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL.
(Slight rubbing on three engravings)