Description
First American Edition of the Life of Napoleon Buonaparte: Emperor of the French, by Sir Walter Scott.
Octavo, [three volumes], xv, [17]-516pp; viii, [9]-399pp; viii, [9]-368pp, [lxix appendix]. Full marbled calf, title and embellishments in gilt on spines. Speckled edges. Solid text blocks, cracked joints, still sound. Rubbing to edges and corners. Varied foxing and toning throughout. Some loss of leather to spines of Volumes I and III. Previous owner’s name in ink on front pastedown endpaper in each volume. Frontispiece of Napoleon in Volume I. (Shoemaker 35121)
