Jacques de Norvins - Histoire de Napoléon - 1838

Fascinating four-volume set enriched with 56 vignettes, portraits, maps, and battle plans after M. Gros, Horace Vernet. This extensive historical biography devoted to the life, political and military action, and legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte, written by Jacques de Norvins and published in four volumes in 1838 -

The work traces in detail Napoleon's extraordinary rise from his childhood in Corsica to his ascent to supreme power, highlighting the intellectual, military, and administrative qualities that enabled him to profoundly transform France and a large part of Europe -

Norvins begins by recounting the youth of the future emperor, his training in the military schools, his early campaigns during the French Revolution and the circumstances that favored his emergence as one of the brightest generals of his time -

Jacques de Norvins - History of Napoleon - 1838 - Volume I, II, III and IV - Furne et Cie -
1 [4], XVI, 384 - 2 [4], 416 - 3 [4], 427, [1] - 4 [4], 376

Good condition of bindings, volumes in their half brown morocco from the period with gilt-ornamented Eagle on the back, wear from use and some loss of material on one spine, some minor defects on the covers, split hinges, worn headbands and corners, sprinkled edges, smooth spine with gilt titles, tomes and author’s name -

Good interior condition, some foxing, eighth edition enriched with 56 vignettes, portraits, maps and battle plans after M. Gros, Horace Vernet, marbled endpapers in good condition -

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