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MADOU Jean-Baptiste - LIFE OF NAPOLEON VIE DE NAPOLEON 135 original lithographs.

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MADOU Jean-Baptiste - VIE DE NAPOLEON. Rédigée par une Société de Gens de Lettres sur les nouveaux documents dictés et corrigés à Sainte-Hélène par Napoléon lui-même

The Life of Napoleon. Written by the Société de Gens de Lettres on the new documents dictated and corrected on Saint Helena by Napoleon himself

Brussels, À la lithographie royale de Jobard, 1827, Vol. I-II.Dimension 26.5x34.5.Binding half leather of the period(abrasions of the binding).In vol.1 the block slightly loose; foxing- discoloration of the paper, a few soiling.

A work containing 135 original lithographs, each with a long description of an episode in Napoleon's life. The work begins with the Consulate and ends with the death of the fallen emperor on St. Helena.Jean-Baptiste Madou (1796-1877) is a talented Belgian painter, illustrator, lithographer and engraver. He belongs to the Romanticism movement and played an important role in the development of lithographic art, especially through his collaboration with the printer Jobard.

The present piece lacks 7 plates.

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