The McGill University Napoleon Collection

Auteur:

Titre:

Histoire de Napoléon / par M. de Norvins ; ornée de portraits, vignettes, cartes et plans.

Contributeur(s):

Jal, A. (Augustin), 1795-1873. Napoléon et la censure ; Rossetti, Gabriele, 1783-1854, former owner ; Rossetti, Maria Francesca, 1827-1876, former owner ; Rossetti, William Michael, 1829-1919, former owner

Édité:

Paris : Ambroise Dupont et cie ..., 1827-1828.

Reliure:

Half calf, spines stamped in gilt and with leather labels, marbled paper boards (some broken hinges).

Description:

4 v. : ill., folded facsim., maps (some folded), plans, ports. ; 21 cm. (8vo)

Language:

French

Références:

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, v. 125, column 809 ; Caldwell, R. Era of Napoleon, 18602 ; Davois, G. Bib. napoléonienne française, v. 3, p. 59 ; Kircheisen, F. Bib. Napoleons, p. 8 ; British Library General Catalogue, v. 212, p. 99

Copies:

1 copy

Notes:

"Imprimerie et fonderie de J. Pinard ..." Plans and some maps are partially coloured, by hand. Bound in at end of v. 4 (as issued?): (1) Napoléon et la censure, par A. Jal. Imprimerie de J. Tastu. 16 p. Cf. BN, v. 76, column 954 (2) Esquisses, croquis, pochades ... sur le salon de 1827, par A. Jal. [Prospectus]. Librairie d'Ambroise Dupont et cie. Imprimerie de J. Tastu. 4 p. (3) Illustrations de l'Histoire de Napoléon, collection de portraits. Souscription. Maison Ambroise Dupont et compagnie. Imprimerie et fonderie de J. Pinard. 8 p.

Notes locales:

Inscription in v. 1-4: "A Maria Francesca Rossetti ..." from her father, "G.R.," 1841, followed in v. 1 by signed annotation by Maria F. Rossetti concerning her father having been given the book by Lady Dudley Stuart, the Princess Christina, daughter of Prince Lucien Bonaparte; Maria Rossetti's gift inscription to William Michael Rossetti, 1867, and his signed gift inscription to his daughter Mary, 1897 (v. 1); Mary Rossetti's signature in v. 2.

Sujet(s):

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

Heads of state -- France -- Biography

France -- Kings and rulers -- Biography

France -- History -- 1789-1815

Provenance:

Rossetti, Maria Francesca. Vendu: 1867 Acquis: 1841

Rossetti, William Michael(1829 - 1919). Vendu: 1897 Acquis: 1867

Rossetti, Mary E. Madox. Acquis: 1897

Daughter of W.M. Rossetti.

Rossetti, Gabriele(1783 - 1854). Vendu: 1841

Stuart, Lady Dudley.

The Princess Christina. Daughter of Prince Lucien Bonaparte.

Description

Collation:

Volume 1: 8°: π² a⁸ b⁴ 1-28⁸ 29⁴ (-29₄) [$1 signed]: 241 leaves, pp. [4] i ii-xxiv 1 2-20 21 22-80 81 82-343 344 345-445 446 447-453 454. 1 frontispiece. 9 maps. 5 plates. 3 ports. 20 cm.

Volume 2: 8°: 1⁸ (-1₁) 2-30⁸ [$1 sigfned]: 239 leaves, pp. [2] 5 6-56 57 58-219 220 221-299 300 301-419 420 421-468 469 470-480. 6 plates. 4 maps. 5 ports. 20 cm.

Volume 3: 8°: 1⁸ 2-30⁸ 31⁴ 32² [$1 signed]: 246 leaves, pp. 1-5 6-32 33 34-189 190 191-304 305 306-370 371 372-481 482-483 484-491 492. 1 frontispiece. 7 plates. 7 maps. 3 ports. 20 cm.

Volume 4: 8°: 1⁸ 2-22⁸ 23⁴ 24-34⁸ 35² χ8 ³χ⁶ [$1 signed]: 284 leaves, pp. 1-5 6-71 72 73-163 164 165-276 277 278-447 448 449-502 503-505 506-532 533 534-539 540 1 2-16 1 2-4 1 2-8. 1 frontispiece. 9 plates. 6 maps. 2 ports. 1 facsimile. 20 cm.

Contenues:

Volume 1: π1^r Half title-page; π1^v Printer's name; π2^r Title-page; π2^v Blank; a1^r-b4^v Preface; 1₁^r-28₇^r Text; 28₇^v-29₃^r Table analytique des matières; 29₃^v Blank.

Volume 2: 1₂^r Title-page; 1₂^v Blank; 1₃^r-30₂^v Text; 30₃^r-30₈^v Table analytique des matières.

Volume 3: 1₁^r Half title-page; 1₁^v Printer's name; 1₂^r Title-page; 1₂^v Blank; 1₃^r-31₁^r Text; 31₁^v Blank; 31₂^r-32₂^r Table analytique des matières; 32₂^v Blank.

Volume 4: 1₁^r Half title-page; 1₁^v Printer's name; 1₂^r Title-page; 1₂^v Blank; 1₃^r-32₇^v Text; 32₈^r Note; 32₈^v Blank; 33₁^r-34₆^v Testament et codicilles de Napoléon; 34₇^r-35₂^r Table analytique des matières; 35₂^v Blank; χ1^r-χ8^v Text 'Napoléon et la censure'; ²χ1^r-²χ2^v Text 'Esquisses, croquis, pochades... sur le salon de 1827'; ³χ1^r-₃χ4^v Text 'Illustrations de l'histoire de Napoléon: Collection de portraits'.