[MONUMENTS]. Monumens des victoires et conquêtes des français de 1792 à 1815, collection of all the objets d'arts, arcs de triomphe, columns, bas-reliefs, roads, canals, paintings, statues, medals, devoted to celebrating the victories of the French from 1792 to 1815. Published in Paris by C.L.F. Panckoucke in 1819. Oblong in-folio format, red half-chagrin edged with cold fillet, spine with false-nerve framed with double gilt fillet, titling in gold lettering, red percaline boards (period binding). (4), 22 pp. 100 black & white engraved plates by Tardieu with captions, including a map (plan of the Simplon Route, built by the French from 1800 to 1807), each followed by a presentation leaf. Rubbing, slight wear to covers and nerves, covers slightly soiled in places, corners crushed. Some light foxing, especially in the margins, with very little damage to the plates. The last page of explanation has been consolidated with adhesive tape. First edition of this collection celebrating the glory of the Empire, complete with its 25 issues published from 1829 by Panckouke. Monuments, triumphal arches, roads, canals, are described by M. Charles Dupin; paintings, statues, medals, by M. Voiand; combats de mer and tableaux de marine, by M. J.T. Parisot. The illustrations, consisting of a map and 99 line-engraved plates by Ambroise Tardieu, reproduce the most famous paintings and architecture of the Napoleonic period. A good copy of this "paper monument" to the glory of the Revolution and Empire, in a solid Italian binding.