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Pages De Lepopee Imperiale (inscribed By Jacques Arnna to a Distinguished judge)
by Coppet, Andre De and Jacques Arnna
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Tours: Acheve D'imprimer Sur Les Presses Des Mattres Arrault, 1952. Limited Edition. Quarto. Limited to 500 copies. The present copy is number 479. xix, 277(1) pages, with 35 facsimiles of Napoleon letters to and from major figures in his era. Jacques Arnna was the major expert on autographs for the Musee National de l'Armee and President of the Court of appeals, he has inscribed this edition to a fellow judge on the half-title page. His work is also referenced in the Princeton study of their Napoleonic signatures. Beautifully bound in full green polished calf ruled and stamped in gilt, slightly raised bands gilt, compartments lettered and decorated in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, small rub mark to upper joint near head. Since most were issued only as paper reference copies, beautifully bound copies in full morocco are uncommon.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027695
- Title
- Pages De Lepopee Imperiale (inscribed By Jacques Arnna to a Distinguished judge)
- Author
- Coppet, Andre De and Jacques Arnna
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Acheve D'imprimer Sur Les Presses Des Mattres Arrault
- Place of Publication
- Tours
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- French Expert on Autographs of the Napoleonic Era; Facsimiles of Napoleonic Documents
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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