• Large hardcover no dust jacket; 84 pages; Size Approx. 12 X 14 1/2.
• Published by Boivin & Cie; 1910, assumed first edition.

Details: This is a very large book about Napoleon Bonaparte. The text is in French.

"Flamboyant and lively Job illustrations set to colortype. Every other page is a full page illustration. Probably the most sought after title in the series of young adult illustrated biographies issued in this young adult series."

Handsomely bound with a gilt leaf border around an illustration of Napoleon astride a galloping horse. Gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. All page edges are gilt.

The illustrations are absolutely superb! There are 32 full-page color illustrations and 4 double-page color illustrations.

A fine addition for your bookshelf!

Condition:  Corners lightly bumped, a few ripples in the cloth of the back cover (see pictures), pages a little age-toned, otherwise in very good condition with a solid binding and clean pages.