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HEWESTON, W. B. History of Napoleon Bonaparte, and Wars of ...

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HEWESTON, W. B. History of Napoleon Bonaparte, and Wars of Europe, from the Revolution in France, to the Termination of the Late Wars? London: Richard Evans, John Bourne, 1815. 8vos. Illustrated with frontispieces and numerous engravings inserted throughout (uncolored issue). 3 volumes. Bound in contemporary diced mottled calf, boards decoratively ruled in blind and double-ruled in gilt, spines ruled and tooled in gilt in compartments, four raised bands, two burgundy gilt morocco lettering labels, marbled endleaves and edges (spines sunned, joints just starting, bindings somewhat worn, text and plates somewhat foxed, thumbsoiled). Good. FIRST EDITION THUS (this had been previously published under a different title, The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte).