M. De Norvins - Histoire de Napoléon - 1837

Superb illustrated set of this edition, which constitutes an expanded and revised version of the work by Jacques Marquet de Montbreton de Norvins, who had already dedicated a first History of Napoleon a few years earlier.

The narrative is organized as a detailed chronological fresco, covering the entire trajectory of the Emperor from his Corsican origins and early military campaigns to his exile and death in Saint Helena.

Volume I traces the youth, rise, and campaigns of Italy and Egypt, emphasizing the strategic genius and political boldness of the young general.

Volume II describes the Consulate and the consolidation of the Empire, with particular attention to administrative, legal, and institutional reforms that reflect Napoleon's desire to unify France.

Volume III focuses on the great imperial campaigns, from the peak of Austerlitz and Iéna to the setbacks of the Spanish War and the Russian campaign, highlighting the contrasts between military glory and political fragility.

Book IV covers the decline, the fall, abdication, the Hundred Days, and Waterloo, followed by exile to Saint Helena, where Napoleon's figure transforms into a romantic legend.

This editorial monument, aimed at bibliophiles and history readers, contributes to the construction of Napoleonic memory in the 19th century by offering a synthesis that is both erudite and literary.

M. De Norvins - History of Napoleon - 1837 - Volumes I to IV
384 + 416 + 430 + 375 pages - Furne et Cie

Good condition of the bindings, works in their half-leather edition, signs of use, rubbed headbands and joints, rounded corners, mottled edges, smoothly rich decorated spine, gilded titles, volume numbers, and author's name.

Good interior condition, quite significant stains depending on the volumes, attractive headbands, beautiful initial letters, works enriched with fine engravings outside the text including frontispieces and geographical maps on folding plates, colored enhancements on plans, marbled endpapers.

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