SAINT-HILAIRE (Émile Marco de) Napoléon en campagne. Scène de la vie militaire, pour faire suite aux souvenirs intimes du temps de l'Empire, Paris: Boulé et Cie, 1845. - 2 volumes in one in-8, half tan basane, smooth spine decorated with gilt motifs and Napoleon's effigy in gilt (period binding). Rare first edition of this work by novelist and historian Émile Marco de Saint-Hilaire (1796-1887), written in praise of Napoleon I and the Empire. 
A fine copy in contemporary binding, decorated with Napoleon's effigy gilded on the spine. Newspaper article on Queen Hortense by Germaine Beaumont between pages 88-89 of the second volume, having browned 4 leaves. Found bound in suite: - RÉFUVEILLE (J.-A.). Dix ans de solitude. Poésies. Rouen: imprimerie Berdalle de Lapommeraye, 1851. Rare first edition of this collection of poems by the man of letters J.-A. Réfuveille, pseudonym of Andre Reloi. It opens with a poem addressed to the author by Eustache Bérat (1792-1884), draughtsman, songwriter and art teacher at the Lycée de Rouen. The collection is divided into 7 books: "Poésies nationales et anti-révolutionnaires", "Livre grec", "Chants élégiaques", "Rhythmes du XVIe siècle - Pléïade", "Poésies diverses" and "Poëme philosophique" - BÉRAT (Eustache). Couplets sung by the author at a banquet offered to Mr. Aimé Paris, by his friends and students, June 22, 1851. [Rouen: Lecointe frères, 1851] (2 ff.) On verso of second leaf, note: "Doné (sic) par Louis Roger le 20 juillet 1851." - ROGER (Louis). To a young child. [Rouen: Lecointe frères, 1852]. (2 ff.) On the first page this note: "Reçue ceste pièce de mon neveu le 6 février 1851. Lesage" - ROLAND (Eugène). Chansons napoléoniennes. S.l., 1852. In-12, 8 pp. -ROLAND (Eugène). Recueil de romances Chantées par Roland, chanteur lyonnais. S.l., [1852]. In-12, 8 pp. - PECQUET (Éléonor). La Marchande de fleurs. Saumur: impr. de P. Godet, s.d. IN-12, 4 pp. - LA SAINT-BARTHÉLÉMY DES CHATS ou Saumur sauvé des Rats. Complainte. S.l., s.d. In-12, 4 pp. - 4 IN-8 SHEETS OF ORIGINAL DRAWINGS SIGNED BY EUSTACHE BÉRAT. The first of character studies, including one with a dog's head and another with a skull and crossbones. The second bears the date 1851, but on the verso of each drawing is this note in ink: "Lasage août 1850 donné par Louis Roger mont (sic) neveu" Spine faded, head cap missing, some rubbing and spotting. Provenance: Mr. Lesage, with his signature on the title.
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SAINT-HILAIRE (Émile Marco de) Napoléon en campagne. Scène de la vie militaire, pour faire suite aux souvenirs intimes du temps de l'Empire, Paris: Boulé et Cie, 1845. - 2 volumes in one in-8, half tan basane, smooth spine decorated with gilt motifs and Napoleon's effigy in gilt (period binding). Rare first edition of this work by novelist and historian Émile Marco de Saint-Hilaire (1796-1887), written in praise of Napoleon I and the Empire. A fine copy in contemporary binding, decorated with Napoleon's effigy gilded on the spine. Newspaper article on Queen Hortense by Germaine Beaumont between pages 88-89 of the second volume, having browned 4 leaves. Found bound in suite: - RÉFUVEILLE (J.-A.). Dix ans de solitude. Poésies. Rouen: imprimerie Berdalle de Lapommeraye, 1851. Rare first edition of this collection of poems by the man of letters J.-A. Réfuveille, pseudonym of Andre Reloi. It opens with a poem addressed to the author by Eustache Bérat (1792-1884), draughtsman, songwriter and art teacher at the Lycée de Rouen. The collection is divided into 7 books: "Poésies nationales et anti-révolutionnaires", "Livre grec", "Chants élégiaques", "Rhythmes du XVIe siècle - Pléïade", "Poésies diverses" and "Poëme philosophique" - BÉRAT (Eustache). Couplets sung by the author at a banquet offered to Mr. Aimé Paris, by his friends and students, June 22, 1851. [Rouen: Lecointe frères, 1851] (2 ff.) On verso of second leaf, note: "Doné (sic) par Louis Roger le 20 juillet 1851." - ROGER (Louis). To a young child. [Rouen: Lecointe frères, 1852]. (2 ff.) On the first page this note: "Reçue ceste pièce de mon neveu le 6 février 1851. Lesage" - ROLAND (Eugène). Chansons napoléoniennes. S.l., 1852. In-12, 8 pp. -ROLAND (Eugène). Recueil de romances Chantées par Roland, chanteur lyonnais. S.l., [1852]. In-12, 8 pp. - PECQUET (Éléonor). La Marchande de fleurs. Saumur: impr. de P. Godet, s.d. IN-12, 4 pp. - LA SAINT-BARTHÉLÉMY DES CHATS ou Saumur sauvé des Rats. Complainte. S.l., s.d. In-12, 4 pp. - 4 IN-8 SHEETS OF ORIGINAL DRAWINGS SIGNED BY EUSTACHE BÉRAT. The first of character studies, including one with a dog's head and another with a skull and crossbones. The second bears the date 1851, but on the verso of each drawing is this note in ink: "Lasage août 1850 donné par Louis Roger mont (sic) neveu" Spine faded, head cap missing, some rubbing and spotting. Provenance: Mr. Lesage, with his signature on the title.

Estimate
€600 - €800
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Not sold
Buyer's premium
30%
SAINT-HILAIRE (Émile Marco de) Napoléon en campagne. Scène de la vie militaire, pour faire suite aux souvenirs intimes du temps de l'Empire, Paris: Boulé et Cie, 1845. - 2 volumes in one in-8, half tan basane, smooth spine decorated with gilt motifs and Napoleon's effigy in gilt (period binding). Rare first edition of this work by novelist and historian Émile Marco de Saint-Hilaire (1796-1887), written in praise of Napoleon I and the Empire. A fine copy in contemporary binding, decorated with Napoleon's effigy gilded on the spine. Newspaper article on Queen Hortense by Germaine Beaumont between pages 88-89 of the second volume, having browned 4 leaves. Found bound in suite: - RÉFUVEILLE (J.-A.). Dix ans de solitude. Poésies. Rouen: imprimerie Berdalle de Lapommeraye, 1851. Rare first edition of this collection of poems by the man of letters J.-A. Réfuveille, pseudonym of Andre Reloi. It opens with a poem addressed to the author by Eustache Bérat (1792-1884), draughtsman, songwriter and art teacher at the Lycée de Rouen. The collection is divided into 7 books: "Poésies nationales et anti-révolutionnaires", "Livre grec", "Chants élégiaques", "Rhythmes du XVIe siècle - Pléïade", "Poésies diverses" and "Poëme philosophique" - BÉRAT (Eustache). Couplets sung by the author at a banquet offered to Mr. Aimé Paris, by his friends and students, June 22, 1851. [Rouen: Lecointe frères, 1851] (2 ff.) On verso of second leaf, note: "Doné (sic) par Louis Roger le 20 juillet 1851." - ROGER (Louis). To a young child. [Rouen: Lecointe frères, 1852]. (2 ff.) On the first page this note: "Reçue ceste pièce de mon neveu le 6 février 1851. Lesage" - ROLAND (Eugène). Chansons napoléoniennes. S.l., 1852. In-12, 8 pp. -ROLAND (Eugène). Recueil de romances Chantées par Roland, chanteur lyonnais. S.l., [1852]. In-12, 8 pp. - PECQUET (Éléonor). La Marchande de fleurs. Saumur: impr. de P. Godet, s.d. IN-12, 4 pp. - LA SAINT-BARTHÉLÉMY DES CHATS ou Saumur sauvé des Rats. Complainte. S.l., s.d. In-12, 4 pp. - 4 IN-8 SHEETS OF ORIGINAL DRAWINGS SIGNED BY EUSTACHE BÉRAT. The first of character studies, including one with a dog's head and another with a skull and crossbones. The second bears the date 1851, but on the verso of each drawing is this note in ink: "Lasage août 1850 donné par Louis Roger mont (sic) neveu" Spine faded, head cap missing, some rubbing and spotting. Provenance: Mr. Lesage, with his signature on the title.
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