Kircheisen Frederick M. - Napoleon I. A picture of life[vol.I-II,complete][Katowice 1931].

Kircheisen Frederick M./ Napoleon I. Picture of life/ Authorized translation by Michał Janik and Marja Fredro-Boniecka/ Katowice 1931/ Polski Instytut Wydawniczy/ linen publisher's binding/ p.327;367/ 45 illustrations on separate pages (18 in the first volume, 27 in the second)/ very good condition, pieces after conservation (restoration of the linen at the spine, new liners added), minor soiling on the page edges.

Publisher's cloth binding, richly decorated. Embossed and gilded titlepage, publishing house and figure of Napoleon Bonaparte sitting on horseback on the front cover; spine divided into four fields, in one a red signboard with titlepage, in the others geometric decorations; upper page trim stained.

Extensive biography of the emperor written in colorful language. Frederick M. Kircheisen enjoys a well-deserved reputation as perhaps the best expert on Napoleon I and his era in our time. He has devoted his entire life to the study of this extraordinary historical personality, this unique phenomenon, which for generations to come will stimulate the imagination of poets, capture the attention of historians and sociologists, disturb psychologists and philosophers with its enigma and mystery.