Napoleon 1812-1912
Paris; Nd(ca.1912): Ernest Flammarion. Folio. Item #023953
Text in French written by The Russian Campaign 1812 by General Count Philippe de Segur of the French academy. Beautifully illustrated with 54 tipped in color plates and 2 double stone boards by various artists. The author traces the history of the Grande Armee and its leader during the year 1812. A firsthand account and military history chronicling Napoleon Bonaparte's disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. The author had served as a general de brigade and aide-de-camp to Napoleon during the campaign, offers a unique and insightful perspective from within the ranks of the French Grande Armée. Beautifully bound in full black leather centrally stamped in gilt depicting coat-of-arms of a bird and crown, board edges decoratively ruled and stamped in gilt and blind, raised bands with compartments lettered and stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, original stiff pictorial wrappers bound in, marbled endpapers. Housed within a custom cloth clamshell lined in velvet. A fine production. [shipping cost will be more as the book is very heavy).
Price: $450.00