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Lot 291

[EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED]. HEADLEY, J. T. (1814-1897). Napoleon a...

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[EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED]. HEADLEY, J. T. (1814-1897). Napoleon and His Marshals. New York: Baker and Scribner, 1846. 8vos. Extra illustrated with numerous engraved black and white and hand-colored plates. 2 volumes. Bound in modern half brown leather over marbled boards, spines tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, top edges gilt (minor bumping to bindings, occasional foxing, dampstaining in text or on plates, small sticker on verso of ffep of vol. 1). Fine. MIXED EDITION (vol. 1 is fourth edition, vol. 2 is fifth edition). In addition to the dozens of extra illustrations, vol. 1 has an autograph letter signed by Headley and a page of manuscript from this work, both tipped-in at front.