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THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE: Containing Historical Sketches, and Anecdotes Illustrative of His Public and Private Character. Impartially Selected and Arranged from the Most Authentic Documents and Publications. With a Portrait of the Emperor. By an American.
by (Maverick, Peter). (Bonaparte, Napoleon)
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Elizabeth-Town, N.J.: Published by Allen and Bryant, J.&E. Sanderson, printers, 1820., 1820.. Fair. ILLUSTRATED WITH A FRONTISPIECE PORTRAIT ENGRAVED BY PETER MAVERICK - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Disbound, lacking the covers with only remnants of the leather spine. 503 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Napoleon Buonaparte engraved by Peter Maverick after a portrait by Vauthier. There is offsetting to the pages with occasional foxing. One signature (i.e. group of pages) is lightly pulled. A piece has been clipped from the front margin of page 79, without loss of text. A complete copy which would be well worth rebinding.
The American engraver and lithographer Peter Maverick (1780-1831) was the son of the British-born engraver Peter Rushton Maverick. When he was but 9 years old Peter Maverick published his first work. After first founding his own business in NYC, he moved to Newark, New Jersey in 1809, setting up shop in that city while maintaining a presence in New York. The Hudson River School painter and engraver Asher B. Durand, a student of Maverick's, worked as his apprentice and subsequently became his partner in 1817. Returning to NYC in 1820, Maverick took up lithography and produced the plates for the 1824 "Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York".
[Felcone "New Jersey Books, 1801-1860" item #839].
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- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- 95924
- Title
- THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE: Containing Historical Sketches, and Anecdotes Illustrative of His Public and Private Character. Impartially Selected and Arranged from the Most Authentic Documents and Publications. With a Portrait of the Emperor. By an American.
- Author
- (Maverick, Peter). (Bonaparte, Napoleon)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Elizabeth-Town, N.J.: Published by Allen and Bryant, J.&E. Sanderson, printers, 1820.
- Date Published
- 1820.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HISTORY; FRENCH; NAPOLEONIC; THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE; CONTAINING HISTORICAL SKETCHES, AND ANECDOTES ILLUSTRATIVE OF HIS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CHARACTER; WITH A PORTRAIT OF THE EMPEROR; BY AN AMERICAN; NAPOLEON BONAPARTE; PETER MAVERICK; NINETEENTH CE
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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