NAPOLEON, COMPRISING : THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, AND MEMOIRS OF MADAME JUNOT (16 VOL. SET - COMPLETE) by William Hazlitt, Madame Junot (la Duchesse d'Abrantes) and Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - 1896

Paris/Boston: The Napoleon Society, 1896. Edition Definitive. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 x 9 in. Full crushed green morocco with gilt rules, five raised spine bands, gilt spine titles with a Napoleonic N inside a wreath, Gilt inner dentelle, Gilt top edge. No. 4 of 25 copies of the Edition Definitive. The edition has double frontis' and plates, i.e., two plates that are the same, all with tissue guards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; the green color of the leather that's seen on the sides is sunned to an olive brown at the spines. The leather is good with no cracks, but a bit worn at edges. 5 vols have some small damage to the spine heads, and vol. 6 had a scuffed spot in the upper spine compartment. Vol. 10 has damage to one of the raised bands, half of it is nearly loose. Vol. 1 has a small spot on the rear cover, and Vol. 7 has a pale area to the upper rear, probably caused by moisture. All bindings are tight and text bright and unmarked. The set is comprised of Hazlitt's Life of Napoleon in six volumes, Bourienne's Memoirs of Napoleon in 4 volumes, and Madame Junot's Memoirs in 6. European History. RGR.