bertrand fleuriot langle paul (5 résultats)

First edition. Tidy copy in tight binding; black cloth with gilt lettering on spine; portrait frontis. Faint mottling on cloth; a little scattered foxing within; discreet name stamp on front free end paper. Translated by Frances Hume Used - Good. Good Hardback (No dust jacket).

8vo. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. xxvii + [i] + 292 pp. Bound in original black cloth, gilt, in price clipped Dust wrapper, which has a sunned spine with chips at head and tail. A little wear to extremities and light spotting of fore edge, with top edge slightly browned. Pictorial bookplate. Illustrated by portrait frontispiece. First hand account of the last months of Napoleon Bonaparte on St. Helena, by General Comte Bertrand (1773-1844). A veteran of seven battles, he served as the Emperor's aide de camp from the time of the Battle of Austerlitz. He was given the title, Comte in 1808 and, Grand Marshal of the Palace, 1813. Edited by the French historian, Paul Fleuriot de Langle (1897-1968) and translated from the French of Cahiers de Sainte-Helene. BIOGRAPHY NAPOLEONIC DIARIES BIOGRAPHY- MILITARY 19TH CENTURY BIOGRAPHY.

rigide. Etat : Très bon. Manuscrit déchiffré et annoté par Paul Fleuriot de Langle, un des 300 (n°65), 120 (n° 25) et 550 (n° 113) exemplaires sur alfa ou alfa-mousse des Papeteries de Navarre, 3 vol. in-8 reliure postérieure plein chagrin vert, dos à 5 nerfs, Editions Sulliver (tomes 1 et 3), Editions Albin Michel (tome 2), Paris, 1949, 1951 et 1959, 367 ; 516 et 264 pp. Rare exemplaire bien complet des 3 tomes, en belle reliure uniforme, du tirage de tête sur alfa. "Document capital sur les dernières années de l'Empereur. Il atteint souvent à la cruauté dans les descriptions du dernier volume. Dans ce journal qui commence en avril 1816 et s'achève en 1821, Napoléon apparaît dépouillé de son auréole de conquérant". Bel exemplaire. Tulard, 71 Langue: Français.

Etat : fair. 264, wraps, illus., notes, some pages uncut, some page discoloration, covers worn and soiled: tears/chips to spine. Preface by Marcel Dunan. This is the journal of General Bertrand, Grand Marechal du Palais, who accompanied Napoleon to St. Helena after the defeat at Waterloo. Text is in French.

hardcover. Etat : Good. 1953 Cassell Press hardcover, with jacket, solid and unmarked, jacket has edge wear and tear. Fast Shipping - Safe and Secure Bubble Mailer!