Histoire de l'empereur Napoléon par A. Hugo. Ornée de 31 vignettes dessinées par Charlet, gravées par Brown.
Abel Hugo (1798 - 1855)
Category
Books
Date
1836 - 1837
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3066048
Summary
Bibliographic description
479, [1] p : ill ; 21 cm. Provenance: Inscribed on verso flyleaf in ink "Mary Cornelia Edwards Oct 14. 1842. A gift from Audley" [i.e. given to Mary Cornelia Edwards (d. 1906), daughter of Sir John Edwards,1st Bt., who m. in 1846 George Henry Robert Charles William Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry from 1872]. Also inscribed in pencil "Begin[sic] it January 4th 1843. Finished it June 29th 1843. Forgot it July 1st 1843". Binding: Nineteenth-century quarter green morocco on marbled paper over boards. Sewn on recessed cords, gilt tooled and lettered on spine. Brown marbled endpapers, edges densely sprinkled brown.
Makers and roles
Abel Hugo (1798 - 1855) Charlet, Nicolas-Toussaint, 1792-1845