[NAPOLEON]. Collection concerning Napoleon Bonaparte and oth - Lot 234

[NAPOLEON]. Collection concerning Napoleon Bonaparte and other subjects. In-8, honey-colored half-basane, smooth spine richly decorated, red title label, blue speckled edges. Four small wormholes on the spine, a slight tear at the top joint, a few spots, and a water stain on the lower margin of the last bound volume. Handwritten bookplate by Joseph Verdereau. A collection devoted in part to Napoleon Bonaparte, containing: - [DELBARE, François-Thomas]. A Faithful and Detailed Account of Buonaparte’s Last Campaign, Concluded with the Battle of Mont-Saint-Jean, Known as Waterloo or the Battle of the Beautiful Alliance. By an Eyewitness. Paris, Dentu, 1815, 104 pp. - [BEUCHOT, Adrien-Jean-Quentin]. Eulogy for Buonaparte, by a society of men of letters [...] Third, expanded edition. Paris, published at the authors’ expense, 1814. 30 pp. Bound together with, in first edition: - CHENIER, Marie-Joseph. Discourse on the Progress of Knowledge in Europe and of Public Education in France. No place, Didot the Younger, Year IX [1800]. 52 pp. And various other works: - DESEZE, Raymond de. Defense of Louis, delivered before the National Convention. Paris, no publisher, 1793. 71 pp. - BELLOY, Pierre Laurent de. *The Siege of Calais*, a tragedy. Paris, Duchesne, 1787. 55 pp. - DEMOUSTIER, Charles-Albert. *Les Femmes*, a comedy in three acts in verse. Paris, published by Barba, Year VI. 64 pp. - PIRON. *La Métromanie*, a comedy in verse in five acts. Paris, published by Louis, Year IV, 1796. 80 pp. - DELILLE, Jacques. Dithyramb on the Immortality of the Soul. Followed by: The St. Gotthard Pass (a poem by the Duchess of Devonshire, translated from English by Delille). Paris, published by Giguet and Michaud, Year 10 [1802]. 114 pp. - CASTEL, Louis. A Critical and Impartial Analysis of the Nosography of Dr. Ph. Pinel, Physician at the Salpétrière National Hospital... Paris, no publisher [Printed by Lemaire], Vendémiaire, Year VII [1798–99]. 68 pp. As a side note, Louis Castel was a military surgeon in Napoleon’s army. In good condition.