NORVINS (Jacques MARQUET, baron de MONTBRETON de)? History o - Lot 219

NORVINS (Jacques MARQUET, baron de MONTBRETON de)? History of Napoleon? Paris, Ambroise Dupont, 1827-1828. 4 volumes in-8, half red basane, spines decorated with gilt palettes and cold fleurons. Bound in contemporary style. First edition. A good copy illustrated with 99 portraits, plans and hors-texte figures (including 3 fold-outs), 1 facsimile and 6 fold-out maps. Volume 4 continues with : 1 manuscript leaf "Napoleon family", 20 blank pages, an engraving of Empress Josephine's tomb, one leaf: recto 5 finely painted insects and handwritten note "given to Dr. Gaulay by an English lady who sketched the tomb, on the spot (...) / Insects drawn having probably circulated around the tomb of the greatest man of our century and our time from 1789 to 1821. How much we have shrunk since then! Verso Watercolor of Napoleon's tomb at St. Helena, English guard and sentry box. (followed by) a lithograph with handwritten caption, and BERTRAND (Grand Maréchal). Eloge funèbre de Napoléon prononcé sur sa tombe le 9 mai 1821. Paris, 16 pp. - (followed by) Les Coliques et les Cancers. Letter addressed to the Kings. Paris, August 1821, 8 pp. - (Followed by) BARGINET. De la Reine d'Angleterre et de Napoléon Bonaparte tous deux morts d'un cancer. Paris, 1821, 22 pp. - (Followed by) Accusation contre les meurtriers de Napoléon. Paris, L'Huillier, August 1821, 22 pp. ENCLOSED: NORVINS. Portefeuille de Mil Huit Cent Treize. Paris, Mongie, 1825, 2 volumes in-8 paperback, printed covers, uncut (Rousseurs). Together 6 volumes.