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(NAPOLEON II, King of Rome.) Nei Natali di S. M. il Re di Roma Carmi Genetliaci. 39 pages. Folio, 385x265 mm, original dark green straight morocco gilt-tooled to panel design with Napoleonic crowned eagle emblem in center and bee in corners, few light scratches on front cover, cover corners and short segment of rear cover fore edge worn through; contents clean. Turin: Domenico Pane, 1811
Collection of poems in Italian and Latin celebrating the birth of Napoleon II (1811-32). The only child of Napoleon I and his second wife, Marie Louise of Austria, he died of tuberculosis at the age of 21. OCLC locates only one copy in Italy, SBN locates 2; no copy has ever been recorded in American Book Prices Current.
