Baily, J. T. Herbert

Napoleon Illustrated with Prints from Contemporary and other Portraits. London: [Cranford Press for] Connoisseur Magazine, 1908



4to (11 x 8 5/8 in.; 280 x 220 mm). Half-title, color and black-and-white plates.

Last text leaf with some repaired tears, rebacked with original spine laid down.
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A handsome Cosway binding with six portraits of Napoleon and a small landscape painted on ivory by C.B. Currie, set in the upper cover. Brown morocco, upper cover with elaborate gold roll-tooled floral frame around a large circle stamped with alternating tools of "N," a bee and an imperial crown, lower cover in green crushed morocco with double-fillet border and triple-fillet frame surrounding stamped imperial arms, gilt-stamped vase at four corners, all edges gilt, red watered-silk doublures and endleaves, by Rivière & Son, front pastedown with gilt-stamped "miniatures by C.B. Currie."