Frederic Masson — Napoleon a Sainte-Helene 1815-1821

Paris , Librairie Paul Ollendorff, 1912. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this French history of Napoleon's exile on St Helena. The first edition. Bound in half crushed morocco, with marbled boards. A fascinating account of Napoleon's last years spent during his second and longest exile on St Helena, following his final defeat in 1815. Written by French historian Frederic Masson, who published a number of memoirs illustrating the history of the Revolution and of the empire. Bound in half crushed morocco, with marbled boards. Externally, with rubbing to the extremities and slight fading to the spine. Bookplate of one Hans Wilhelm Graf von Walterskirchen Freiherr Zu Wolfsthal to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned, however clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .