The history of Napoleon / edited by R.H. Horne ; illustrated ..., from designs by Raffet and Horace Vernet.
Richard Hengist Horne (1802-1884)
Category
Books
Date
1841
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3085478
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. : ill., ports., facsim. ; 8vo. Extra-illustrated. Pencil note on front free endpaper verso in vol. 1: "100 Extra plates / 2 vols". Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half red morocco, red cloth over boards; sewn onto four recessed cords; five false bands; spines gilt, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'History of Napoleon. / Horne.', 'Vol. I[-II].' and 'Extra illustrated.'; remaining spine compartments gilt stamped with crown, letter 'N', and bee; gilt top edges. Binder's ink-stamp on front free endpaper verso in vol. 1: 'Truslove & Hanson. Clifford St. W.'.
Makers and roles
Richard Hengist Horne (1802-1884), author Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (1804-1860)., original artist Horace Vernet (Paris 1789 - Paris 1863), original artist