Napoleon.- Harding (H.J. ) The Military Achievements of Napoleon

apoleon.- Harding (H.J.), and others. The Military Achievements of Napoleon, Emperor of the French, Ending 1815, Commencing 1767, a collector's scrap album, with manuscript title page in inks, a watercolour portrait miniature of Napoleon, signed 'H. Harding 1816', an unsigned watercolour portrait of Napoleon with golden laurel wreath, and 97 hand-coloured lithographs by Jean-Baptiste Madou, from 'Vie de Napoleon', each trimmed to image and inset into album leaf, many with French ink inscriptions verso, some with tissue guards, one album leaf with watermark 'B.E. & S. 1828', occasional spotting, browning and surface dirt, contemporary green morocco, covers gilt with decorations incorporating the letter 'N' and eagles, spine in seven compartments, gilt, some scuffs and rubbing, lightly worn, folio, [circa 1820s]

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