LAS CASES (Emmanuel Augustin, Count of).... - Lot 137 - Lynda Trouvé

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LAS CASES (Emmanuel Augustin, Count of).... - Lot 137 - Lynda Trouvé
LAS CASES (Emmanuel Augustin, Count of). Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène, ou Journal ou se trouve consigné, jour par jour, ce qu'a dit et fait NAPOLEON durant dix-huit mois. Paris, L'auteur, rue du bac, n°59 ; Tous les libraires de France et de l'étranger, 1823. 8 vol. in-8, half tan calf, spines decorated (period binding). First edition of the famous memoirs of Napoleon's last companion and secretary. Complete with the folding plan of Longwood's route and the 2 folding maps. With 4 engraved folding views (ch. A-D) by Fortier and Aubert, not found in all copies. Without the last 2 volumes of Complement, which are rarely found together. Spines rubbed, a few scattered foxing otherwise a very interesting copy enriched with : - an E.A.S. from the author to M. Féré (Passy, 24 May 1823) - a L.A.S. from the author to the same (Passy, 30 October 1836) - a B.A.S. from the same to the same (23 April 1833) - 2 handwritten pages of expenses calculated by M. Feré's uncle following the requests made by the Emperor to the architect Fontaine for the embellishment of Paris - a contemporary copy on tracing of an autograph note from Napoleon (copied from the original in Passy in 1828 by Feré. It is added: - HÉREAU (J.), Napoleon on St. Helena. Opinion of a doctor on the illness of the Emperor Napoleon and on the cause of his death; offered to his son on the day of his majority. Paris, Louis, Strasbourg and London, Treuttel and Würtz, Brussels, Librairie Parisienne, 1829. In-8 blond half calf, smooth spine decorated with imperial eagles, author's and title pages in red and green marble, original cover preserved (modern binding). A few small brown spots. - CAHUET (Albéric), Sainte-Hélène, petite île. Paris, Fasquelle, sd. In-12 half orange basane, spine ribbed, gilt title, cover preserved.
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