August Samuel Block – Mit wem kann Bonaparte verglichen werden? 1801. 85 pp. Later marbled paper wrapper, red painted page ends. Rare early political essay comparing Napoleon Bonaparte with Julius Caesar. Block concludes that the true laurel crown belongs to the ancient Roman. Referenced in: Lexikon der Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburgischen und Eutinischen Schriftsteller (no. 149); Goedeke VI, 26 (without this specific title). Condition: Wrapper later; pages with some foxing; otherwise a solid, complete copy. A scarce early Napoleonic pamphlet, representative of German intellectual responses at the dawn of the 19th century.