£130
Napoleon. Lowe (Lieut. Gen. Sir Hudson) & Forsyth (William, editor), The History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena, three volume set, first edition, London: John Murray, 1853, frontispieces, volume I's folding map with a minor repair, original publisher's green cloth, decorated in blind, some wear, split/splitting at the inner-pastedown gutters, 8vo; O'Meara (Barry E., His Late Surgeon), Napoleon in Exile, two volume set, second edition, London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1822, two frontispieces, toned and some sporadic foxing, contemporary quarter-calf gilt over cloth boards, marbled boards, 8vo; Warden (William, Surgeon on board The Northumberland), Letters from St. Helena, fourth edition, London: Published for the Author, by R. Ackermann, 1816, half-title, portrait frontispiece, sporadic foxing, 20th c blue cloth over marbled boards, uncut, 8vo; Las Cases (The Count de), Memoirs of The Life, Exile, and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon, four volume set, London: Henry Colburn, 1836, portrait frontispieces, original publisher's red cloth, with varying degrees of wear, 8vo; Montholon (General Count), History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena, volumes I & II only, London: Henry Colburn, 1846, original publisher's cloth, uncut, 8vo, (12)
Provenance: 1st: William Wriothesley Wingfield (1814-1912), crested bookplates to pastedown.
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