1408180 HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND THE EMPIRE OF FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON [11 of 12 Volumes] [Signed, ALS]. Louis Adolphe Thiers, D. Forbes Campbell, John Stebbing.
HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND THE EMPIRE OF FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON [11 of 12 Volumes] [Signed, ALS]
HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND THE EMPIRE OF FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON [11 of 12 Volumes] [Signed, ALS]
HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND THE EMPIRE OF FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON [11 of 12 Volumes] [Signed, ALS]
HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND THE EMPIRE OF FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON [11 of 12 Volumes] [Signed, ALS]
HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND THE EMPIRE OF FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON [11 of 12 Volumes] [Signed, ALS]
HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND THE EMPIRE OF FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON [11 of 12 Volumes] [Signed, ALS]

HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND THE EMPIRE OF FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON [11 of 12 Volumes] [Signed, ALS]

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1893. Later American Edition. Octavos, Eleven Volumes (out of a total twelve). In Very Good condition. Bound in matching navy morocco half bindings with marbled paper boards; spines paneled with gilt decoration and lettering; top edges gilt, with marbled endpapers. Boards show moderate rubbing along edges and at the fore corners, with small sections of exposed board. spines lightly sunned. Vol. I shows heavier rubbing along joints and at head/tail. Text blocks show moderate toning and shelf wear on edges, with faint stains on bottom edges. Small strikes and scrapes to gilt top edges. Some water damage on fore edges of Vol. IV and V, with marginal tidemarks on plates. Lightly age toned throughout. Splitting to Vol. I and VI hinges. Bookplates on front free endpapers. Sparse marginal chipping and tearing present. Fore edges of some signatures remain uncut.

ALS pasted to front free endpaper of Vol. I, handwritten by Louis Adolphe Thiers and dated "Novembre 1847". Thiers, in addition to being the author of this work, was a prominent French statesmen and historian who served as president of France from 1871-1873. This letter consists of Thiers' polite refusal to purchase a Chinese vase due to the high asking price and his ownership of a similar vase. The letter is lightly age toned and foxed, with a closed tear to the tip of the bottom left corner.

CONTENTS: Vol. I (xxxiv, 526 pages, plus frontispiece and two plates); Vol. II (xii, [2], 510 pages, plus frontispiece and two plates); Vol. III (xii, 507 pages, plus frontispiece and two plates; Vol. IV (xi, [3], 592 pages, plus frontispiece and two plates); Vol. V (xi, [1], 532 pages, plus frontispiece and two plates); Vol. VI (xi, [3], 568 pages, plus frontispiece and two plates); Vol. VII (xiv, [2], 523 pages); Vol. VIII (xvi, [2], 482 pages, plus frontispiece and two plates); Vol. IX (xiii, [3], 485 pages); Vol. X (xiv, [2], 528 pages, plus frontispiece and two plates); Vol. XI (xiv, [2], 489 pages, plus frontispiece and two plates). Shelved in Room A.

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