JOURNAL OF THE EMPIRE. Paris, May 11, 1806 - July 18, 1810. - 1003 issues in-4 of which 642 in 7 volumes stapled and 362 in sheets. Important set of 1003 issues of the Journal de l'Empire, of which 857 different and 113 in duplicate. This newspaper appeared for the first time in 1789 under the title Journal des débats et des décrets. Its purpose was to give the official account of the debates of the National Assembly. Initially weekly, it became daily at the end of the 18th century. It took in turn the title of Journal de l'Empire from July 16, 1805, of Journal des débats politiques et littéraires from April 1, 1814, again of Journal de l'empire from March 21 to July 7, 1815 and finally once more of Journal des débats politiques et littéraires from 1815 to 1944. The set proposed here includes 1003 issues published between May 11, 1806 and July 18, 1810. The first 642 are distributed in seven volumes bound at the time, with covers originally mute but on which was written in ink the contents of each of them, of which here are the details: - Volume 1: 130 issues (May 11-26, 1806; May 30, 1806; October 3-31, 1806; January 3-January 31, 1807; September 3-30, 1807 (except September 7); and December 1-28, 1808). It is increased by the Supplement of September 27, 1805. - volume 2 : 90 issues (from April 1 to June 30, 1807). - volume 3 : 91 issues (from July 1 to August 31, 1807 (except the one of July 25), and from October 1 to 31, 1807. - volume 4 : 61 issues (from November 1 to December 31, 1807). - volume 5 : 90 issues (from January 1 to March 31, 1809). - volume 6 : 88 issues (from April 1 to June 30, 1809, except those of May 1 and 2). - volume 7: 92 issues (October 1 to December 31, 1809). To this series were added 362 sheet issues preserved in two modern folders and comprising issues from January 2, 1809 to July 18, 1810, with several issues missing in each month. One hundred and thirteen issues are duplicates, already present in the paperback volumes. The covers of the stapled volumes have tears and missing parts, sometimes significant. The majority of the issues are perfectly preserved. The paperback copies are in used condition, with frayed edges, tears and folds.