Murat. Murat a l'auberge paternelle; l'Engagé volontaire; Le cavalier d'Aboukir; Le beau-frere de Napoléon; Le roi de Naples; La garde-robe d'un héros; Un roi en haillons; Le drame du pizzo

by Montorgueil, G. (Texte). Aquarelles de JOB [Jean Onfroy de Breville]

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Book desription: Paris, Hachette, (1903). . Oblong crown quarto. Unpaginated. With 40 full-page fine colour chromotypograph plates by JOB, printed by Firmin-Didot of Paris. Title page printed in copper-brown and black; vignette illustration to title. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's quarter cloth over boards, bit soiled, a full-size plate set within gilt frame on upper board, gilt title, corner-tips bit chafed. In about fine condition. A lovely copy in a very strong and tight binding, with a spotless set of plates, superbly reproduced and overall very fresh. - - First edition of this format. Rare. OCLC records just one copy (Stanford University) of this 1903 edition. Joachim Murat (1767-1815), one of Napoleon's best marshals. Married Napoleon's youngest sister Caroline in 1800. Was at the head of Napoleon's armies during the invasion of Spain in 1807 and was made King of Naples the following year. Commanded the cavalry during the invasion of Russia and the whole of the Grande Armée after Napoleon's departure. After Napoleon's final defeat in 1815, Murat was executed, allegedly saying to the firing squad: 'Spare my face, aim at the heart'. The total of individual illustrations in this book, including cover, sums up to 43 (one plate is double-page; one plate depicts 4 individual illustrations). Contrary to the prevailing assumption, the superb illustrations in this book, and indeed in all Montorgueil and Job's print productions, are not chromolithographs. At the end of the 19th century the term 'chromotypograph', implying colour printed from raised metal, as type is, was used for colour prints which made use of metal relief blocks. It is indeed the process used in this book; the colour plates were printed from etched metal blocks, a relief method rather than planographic. [Descriptive text Copyright © Librarium, The Hague] .

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