Alexandre Dumas - Napoléon - 1840

Alexandre Dumas – Napoleon – Original illustrated edition – 1840

Fine copy of Napoleon, Alexandre Dumas’s historical work devoted to the life and reign of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Paris, Au Plutarque français / Delloye, publisher, 1840.

Illustrated edition with twelve full-page steel-engraved portraits by the best artists of the time, after paintings and drawings by Horace Vernet, Tony Johannot, Isabey, Jules Boilly, etc.

The work traces the entire destiny of Napoleon: his youth, his military rise, the Consulate, the Empire, the Isle of Elba, the Hundred Days, Saint Helena, his government and his will.

Complete table of the work:

* Napoleon de Buonaparte — page 1
* General Bonaparte — page 55
* Bonaparte first consul — page 81
* Napoleon emperor — page 117
* Napoleon on Elba and the Hundred Days — page 225
* Napoleon on Saint Helena — page 329
* Government of Napoleon — page 355
* Napoleon’s testament — page 393

Specifications:

* Author: Alexandre Dumas
* Title: Napoleon
* Year: 1840
* Publishers: Au Plutarque français and Delloye, Paris
* Language: French
* 410 pages
* Dimensions: about 26.5 × 17.5 cm
* Twelve full-page portraits engraved in steel
* Antique half-calf brown binding
* Spine richly ornamented with gold motifs, with gilded title, imperial eagle and depiction of Napoleon
* Boards covered with green marbled paper
* Old label of the Librairie de Guigard, place des Terreaux in Lyon, preserved on the pastedown

Condition:

Fine antique copy showing normal signs of use and aging. Decorative binding with some rubbing. There are foxing and scattered stains on some pages and engravings, visible in the photographs. The interior remains legible and the illustrations retain a fine engraving quality.

A sought-after work, particularly interesting for collectors of Alexandre Dumas, 19th-century illustrated books, and Napoleonic history memories.

The photographs are an integral part of the description. The book will be carefully packed and shipped with tracking.