HISTORY OF NAPOLEON I, HANDSOMELY BOUND
(NAPOLEON) LANFREY, Pierre. The History of Napoleon the First. London and New York: Macmillan, 1871-79. Four volumes. Octavo, early 20th-century three-quarter crimson morocco, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt.
First edition in English of Lanfrey's important history of Napoleon, perhaps the first to attempt an objective assessment of his life and accomplishments, handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf.
As Lanfrey states in the first chapter of his work: "Napoleon has for the most part had no judgment passed upon him but that either of profound hatred or of profound attachment… we have often seen Truth wounded by her weapons." First published in French beginning in 1867, The History of Napoleon was Lanfrey's chief work. Tiny bookseller inkstamps.
A fine copy.