Author:

Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de, 1769-1834

Title:

The life of Napoleon Bonaparte / by M. de Bourrienne, his private secretary ; with notes, now first added, from the dictation of Napoleon, at St. Helena, from the memoirs of the Duke of Rovigo, of General Rapp, of Constant, and numerous other authentic sources ; in three volumes.

Contributor(s):

Villemarest, Maxime.; MacKay, R. (Robert), 1816-1888, donor

Published:

London : Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831

Edition:

2nd. ed.

Contents:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Binding:

Half calf, defective spine labels, marbled paper boards, sprinkled edges (lower side of v. 1 detached from spine).

Description:

3 v. : ill., folded facsim., folded map, ports. ; 17 cm.

Language:

English

Notes:

Largely ghosted by Maxime de Villemarest. Cf. Michaud, v. 5, p. 331.;

Local Notes:

Presented to the library by Robert Mackay.
Signature of R. Mackay on the title-page.
Lacking frontispiece, v. 1; pencilled ms. annotations; newspaper clipping pasted in on end pastedown of v. 1: obituary of the mother of Napoleon, 1836.

Uniform Title:

Mémoires de M. de Bourrienne ... sur Napoléon ... English

Subject(s):

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de, 1769-1834

France -- Kings and rulers -- Biography

France -- History -- 1789-1815

Provenance:

Mackay, Robert.

Call Number:

DC203 B775 1831