HISTORY, SCIENCE & PHILOSOPHY 76 First edition of Sloane’s monumental account of Napoleon’s personal and military life, issued with over 300 illustrations, portraits and maps, many in color. This splendidly bound and extra-illustrated set has been extended from four folio volumes to eight by the inclusion of 553 additional portraits, views, and battle scenes, many handcolored and many folding, with a manuscript document from 1810 signed by Napoleon bound into Volume I. Beautifully bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full morocco-gilt, decorated with Napoleonic emblems, and with a large (5-3/8 by 3-3/4-inch) and fine hand-painted Cosway-style portrait of Napoleon on ivory, signed A. Guillon, inset into the morocco doublure of Volume I. Sloane’s Illustrated Life Of Napoleon, Sumptuously Bound With A Hand-Painted Cosway-Style Portrait In Volume I, Lavishly Extra-Illustrated With Over 550 Engravings—Many Hand-Colored— And With A Manuscript Document Endorsed By Napoleon Bound In 85(NAPOLEON) SLOANE, William Milligan. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. New York, 1896. Four volumes bound in eight. Folio, 20th-century full red morocco, hand-painted Cosway-style portrait inset into front doublure of Volume I, custom clamshell boxes. $49,000
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