1894, ISBN: b74477bdac387fdc12f7e4b48a9983b8

Hardcover

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 11.51], [PU: Gibbings and Company, London], MEMOIRS OF COUNT LAVALETTE ANTOINE MARIE CHAMANS COMTE DE BONAPARTE NAPOLEONIC WARS, The limited edition au… More...

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 11.51], [PU: Gibbings and Company, London], MEMOIRS OF COUNT LAVALETTE ANTOINE MARIE CHAMANS COMTE DE BONAPARTE NAPOLEONIC WARS, The limited edition autobiography of Comte de Lavalette, Antoine Marie Chamans, an important figure in Napoleon's France. A limited edition work, limited to one-hundred and twenty-five copies, of which this is numbered fifty-nine.The autobiography of the Comte de Lavalette, Antoine Marie Chamans.Lavalette was a politician and general during the Napoleonic era, being the adjutant and private secretary to Napoleon Bonaparte, and the postmaster-general under the Empire.The Comte refused to be exiled with Napoleon due to his wife being pregnant, as a result Napoleon was sentenced to be executed; however Lavalette escaped the night before his execution, where he escaped to Britain.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and four plates.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with some light marks and spots to the boards and spine. A little bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a couple of very light handling marks and spots. Very Good<