Paul Lacroix — Directoire Consulat Et Empire

Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1884. Leather. A handsome copy documenting the history of France between 1795-1815. With ten chromolithographs and 410 illustrations. Covering the period of ascendancy for Napoleon Bonaparte, Lacroix examines all parts of French society. Seen as the fourth and final stage of the French Revolution, the Napoleonic era saw the deposing of the Directory which governed France and a period of territorial expansion. Lacroix analyses Napoleon's leadership and how literature, music, science, and the arts were influence by his reign. In a fine half morocco binding with gilt detail. Externally, smart with some rubbing and handling marks. Library label to spine. Ex libris bookplate to front pastedown. Tear to front free-endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright with some spotting to first and last. Library stamps to frontmatter. Browning to first and last. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .