Apr 12, 2016 - Sale 2410

Sale 2410 - Lot 104A

Price Realized: $ 4,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(NAPOLÉON I, Emperor.) A Catalogue of the Library of the late Emperor Napoleon, removed from the Island of St. Helena, by Order of His Majesty's Government. Which will be sold by Auction by Mr. Sotheby . . . on Wednesday, the 23d of July, 1823. 8 pages. 8vo, 213x134 mm, later wrappers, soiled, with handwritten title in ink on front cover; scattered foxing, contemporary owner's inscription on title. [London, 1823]

Additional Details

scarce auction sale catalogue of the remnant of Napoléon's library from St. Helena, comprising 123 lots; 8-page issue, with J. Compton imprint on last page. Another issue in 12 pages with the title reset includes an addendum of other property. ABPC and RHB record only the Breslauer copy sold in 2005.