M. De Norvins & Napoléon 1er - Histoire de Napoléon - 1834

Fascinating illustrated collection of this vast historiographical enterprise that seeks to trace the life and work of the Emperor by combining biographical narrative, political analysis, and heroic dimension.

The volumes follow a chronological progression: Volume I focuses on Corsican origins, military training, and the early revolutionary campaigns, highlighting the meteoric rise of the young general.

Volume II describes the major campaigns in Italy and Egypt, followed by the rise of the Consulate and the Empire, emphasizing the administrative and legal reforms that shape modern France.

Volume III focuses on the imperial peak, military victories, glory, and European expansion, but also on diplomatic tensions and national resistances.

Finally, Volume IV relates the decline, defeats, abdication, exile, and final fall, while constructing a pathetic and grandiose image of Napoleon as a tragic figure in history.

The work is distinguished by its broad narrative style, its ambition for synthesis, and its quasi-epic tone: Norvins, close to the imperial regime, offers a history that is both a chronicle, an apology, and a literary monument, contributing to nourishing the Napoleonic myth in the first half of the 19th century.

M. De Norvins & Napoleon I - History of Napoleon - 1834 - Volumes I, II, III, and IV - Furne
1609 pages + plates + XVI.

Good condition of the bindings, books in their original green half-leather, marbled boards, signs of use, a missing part on the upper section of one spine, rubbed edges, a detached headcap, slightly rubbed boards, marbled edges, smooth decorated spine, gilded titles, volume numbers, and author's name.

Good interior condition, scattered foxing, works adorned with beautiful engravings outside the text, including frontispiece and geographical maps on folding plates, maps enhanced with colors, marbled endpapers.

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