Null [NAPOLEON and others]. 97 color Epinal images, printed by Pellerin (19th ce…
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[NAPOLEON and others]. 97 color Epinal images, printed by Pellerin (19th century), oblong folio (43x67 cm), half chagrin (rubbed). Imagery glued on both sides on mitered cardboard. 59 portrait illustrations of Emperor Napoleon and his son, his family, his generals (Kleber, Ney, Lassalle, Damrémont, Gérard, Bertrand, etc.), his battles (Fleurus, Lodi, Rivoli, the Pyramids, Marengo, Austerlitz, Iéna, Essling, Wagram, Moskova, Lützen, capture of Alexandria, crossing of the Bérézina, Arcole bridge, Napoleon's entry into Madrid, Boulogne camp, pyramids, Napoleon wounded at Ratisbonne, Napoleon on St. Helena, etc.). 28 miscellaneous images: the storming of the Bastille (1789), the battle of Navarin (1827), the siege of the citadel of Antwerp (1832), the capture of Mascara (1835), Algiers, Constantinople, the battle of Isly (1844), the battle of the Poles against Russia, King Dagobert, the Holy Bottle, the marvelous still, the Jew-errant, the famous Gargantua, etc.). (Ten images trimmed a little short at head of title). Ex-libris and stamp of the famous collection of Bernard Franck (1848- 1924), son and grandson of the founder of a military equipment factory in 1804, collector of everything related to military life, mainly under the Revolution and the Empire. Part of this immense collection was dispersed at some fifteen public sales.

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[NAPOLEON and others]. 97 color Epinal images, printed by Pellerin (19th century), oblong folio (43x67 cm), half chagrin (rubbed). Imagery glued on both sides on mitered cardboard. 59 portrait illustrations of Emperor Napoleon and his son, his family, his generals (Kleber, Ney, Lassalle, Damrémont, Gérard, Bertrand, etc.), his battles (Fleurus, Lodi, Rivoli, the Pyramids, Marengo, Austerlitz, Iéna, Essling, Wagram, Moskova, Lützen, capture of Alexandria, crossing of the Bérézina, Arcole bridge, Napoleon's entry into Madrid, Boulogne camp, pyramids, Napoleon wounded at Ratisbonne, Napoleon on St. Helena, etc.). 28 miscellaneous images: the storming of the Bastille (1789), the battle of Navarin (1827), the siege of the citadel of Antwerp (1832), the capture of Mascara (1835), Algiers, Constantinople, the battle of Isly (1844), the battle of the Poles against Russia, King Dagobert, the Holy Bottle, the marvelous still, the Jew-errant, the famous Gargantua, etc.). (Ten images trimmed a little short at head of title). Ex-libris and stamp of the famous collection of Bernard Franck (1848- 1924), son and grandson of the founder of a military equipment factory in 1804, collector of everything related to military life, mainly under the Revolution and the Empire. Part of this immense collection was dispersed at some fifteen public sales.

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