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Title | The Life and Military Career of Napoleon Bonaparte(...)(etc.etc.) |
Author | NN |
Published | J.Bailey London 1815 |
Description | 80 pp. The life and militairy career of Napoleon Bonaparte. late Emperor of the great Nation; King of Italy,protector of the Confederation of the Rhine; Brother to he late Kings of Spain, Holland and Westphalia; Husband of an Austrian Pricess; once the friend and ally of the Emperor Alexander, and the acknowledged Law-Giver to most potentates of civilized Europe: Giving A descriptive account of the numerous battles in which he commanded, particularly at Montenotte, Millesimo,Lodi, Brenta, Arcola, Mantua, Marengo,& C. His expedition to Egypt; his return to France is proclaimed Emperor,together with the various engagements by which he subjugated nearly all the Capital Cities on the continent; His expedition to Moscow, and subsequent dreadfull Battles at Dresden,Leipzic, &c. which ended in the total overthrow of his power and banishment to the Island of Elba. A scarce, anonymously published work. With a folded,coloured frontispice: Napoleon crossing the Alps, after the painting by David. Orig. red morocco spine loosely inserted together with the original boards: loose and worn. Because of the loose binding, last page soiled, but, in all a collectable copy of a rare piece of "Napoleona" |
Book condition | Poor |
Binding | Loose Boards |
Book size | 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall |
Price | 120 |
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