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[JEROME BUONAPARTE'S COPY] Oeuvres de Félix Nogaret. L'Aristenete Francais [half-title].

Nogaret, François Félix.
Versailles, de l'imprimerie de Cosson,
1797
US$ 3,500.00
2 vols. 19, (1), 228 pp. (4), 244 pp. With 2 engr. frontispieces. Both vols. bound without series half-titles; pp. 63/4 and 69/70 of Vol. I bound out of order in the middle of the 'Avertissement'. Bound in matching contemporary mottled calf with gilt trim and initial 'J' with a crown on all covers; all edges gilt. Later red stamp "Bibliothèque du Citoyen Napoleon Buonaparte" on both half-titles. Bindings rubbed and chipped, joints shaken and with leather oddly warped due to fire (see below), but both volumes holding firmly in a pleasant, unrestored state.