crushed red morocco by Bayntun Riviere
IRELAND, William Henry; CRUIKSHANK, George (illustrator).
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Late Emporer of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Confederation of Switzerland, &c. &c.
London, John Cumberland, [1828].
Cumberland issue; 4 vols; 8vo (22 x 14 cm); 26 folding aquatint plates by Cruikshank (24 hand-coloured), one engraved folding plate in vol. IV, engraved titles to each vol., bound without half-titles and letterpress titles, occasional minor browning and light offsetting; 20th-century crushed red morocco gilt by Bayntun Riviere, gilt spines in 6 compartments, all edges gilt, spines slightly faded, inor wear, very good or better, housed in a rewd cloth slipcase, faded.
Abbey Life 359; Tooley 211.
Stock code 116775
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The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte,
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[Romulus and Tarquin].
1637.
The first edition in English of Virgilio Malvezzi's histories of the legendary Roman kings Romulus and Tarquin, translated by Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth
£1,500.00
THUCYDIDES; HOBBES, Thomas (translator).
History of the Grecian War:
1676.
The final lifetime edition of Thomas Hobbes's English-language translation of Thucydides History of the Grecian War
£3,500.00
SARPI, Paolo; BROWN, Edward (translator).
The Letters of the Renowned Father Paul,
1693.
The first edition in English of the collected letters of Paolo Sarpi, translated out of the Italian by Edward Brown
£800.00
TROTSKY, Leon.
Stalin
1947.
The first UK edition of Leon Trotsky's biography of Joseph Stalin
£550.00
