[MANUSCRIT - NAPOLEON I] - JOLY (Hypolite). - Lot 83

[MANUSCRIT - NAPOLEON I] - JOLY (Hypolite). Tablettes chronologiques Pour servir à l'histoire politique et militaire De l'Empire, contenant : The analysis of the treaties of peace, commerce, navigation and limits; military conventions, armistices and suspensions of arms, concluded by all the powers between them. The senatus consulte and decrees relative to the armies of land and sea; the battles, combats, sieges &a, as well as the principal events which marked this time. Extracted from the Correspondence of the Emperor, from those of his Marshals and Generals in Chief, from official bulletins, from the Monitor, from authentic documents, &a. S.L., 1843. - Manuscript in-4, 266 x 215 : (2 ff.), IV pp., (2 ff.), 406 pp., (2 f. blank). Green half-chagrin, dark green morocco paper boards, double gilt fillet in frame and gilt bee on the corners of the boards, gilt arms with "Hommage au général Naudet" in gilt letters in the center of the first board, gilt crowned imperial eagle in the center of the second board, spine ribbed and decorated with imperial symbols, speckled edges (period binding). Superb manuscript with a perfectly executed calligraphy, written on more than 400 pages by Hypolite Joly, "employé au Dépôt de la Guerre". This is how the latter presents his work: "The goal that I proposed to myself, by composing historical Tablets on a reign whose glory was each day noted by new episodes, is not only to clear up the uncertainty too often produced by the comparison of different authors; but also to go quickly through the history of the Empire and to specify facts whose authenticity was not established. Politics, which plays such an important role in General history, could not be detached from military facts, so I have confused the analysis of diplomatic acts with battles and combats. The result of this combination is that at a single glance one can see the conduct and intentions of all the Cabinets of Europe. The text is preceded by two introductory pieces, one presenting the main periods in the life of Napoleon I and the second giving a record of the campaigns and travels undertaken by the emperor during his reign. The title is decorated in the center with a superb drawing of an imperial eagle. Another manuscript by Hypolite Joly is known, executed in 1841 in 2 volumes, entitled Itinéraire de Napoléon Bonaparte pendant ses voyages et campagnes, quoted by Sacha Guitry, sold by Osenat on June 15, 2014. The author refers to it in his introduction. EXAMPLE OFFERED BY THE AUTHOR TO GENERAL NAUDET, with this dispatch on the first leaf: Hommage // of respect, devotion and gratitude // Offered // to Monsieur le Général Naudet // Paris, 27 Nove 1843 // Hte Joly Jean-Aimé-Nicolas Naudet (1785-1847) served for 43 years. A soldier in 1804, he became a captain in the 58th Line in 1813, joined the Royal Staff Corps in 1818, and was attached to the School of Application from 1819 to 1830. He was then appointed chief of battalion on September 4, 1830, lieutenant-colonel in 1834, aide-de-camp to Marshal Soult on April 2, 1836 and colonel on August 28, 1839. Head of the minister's cabinet in November 1840, he was promoted to the rank of marshal de camp on July 3, 1843. Beautiful copy in a contemporary binding, bearing the imperial coat of arms on the first cover, accompanied by the mention in gilt letters : " Hommage au Général Naudet ". The spine also bears in the last box the indication in gilt letters : " Bibliothèque du Génal Naudet ". Spine slightly faded. Rubbing on the headpieces, the cuts and the corners. Tear without missing on the first two endpapers. On page 47 is the stamp of E. Julien, receiver of direct taxes in Joinville, repeated on page 121.