[Francois-Marie-Joseph Moronval] — Description de la Colonne

Paris, Chez J Moronval, 1818. Leather. A finely bound copy of this description on the Vendome Column. With an illustrated frontispiece of the column. A very scarce publication.This copy is without a title page and the publisher's imprint has been taken from the final leaf. Undated, dated from Copac. The Vendome Column is a Parisian monument which was constructed under the order of Napoleon I to commemorate the battle of Austerlitz. It was destroyed in 1871 before being rebuilt in its present form. In the original French. Undated, dated from copies held on Worldcat. In a straight grained morocco binding. Externally, generally smart. Patches of rubbing to the joints and to the extremities. First leaf is detached but present. Internally, generally firmly bound though strained in places. Pages are bright. Occasional light spots to pages. Good . Ill.: None. Good .