"Las Cases - The Memorial Of Saint Helena. Paris, Ernest Bourdin, 1842."
LAS CASES - The Memorial of Saint Helena. Paris, Ernest Bourdin, 1842; in-4, VII, 828, 936 pp., navy blue half-shagreen binding, spine with four nerves decorated with Napoleonic symbols, marbled edges. The 2 volumes. Edition illustrated by Charlet, first printing, full page inserts are printed on china and mounted and protected from snakes. Text followed by Napoleon in exile by Méara and Antomarchi and by The story of the translation of the mortal remains of the Emperor Napoleon to the Invalides. The author is one of the last faithful of Napoleon, he followed him into exile in Saint Helena.