Jun 14, 2016 - Sale 2419

Sale 2419 - Lot 208

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
VERNET, CARLE. Tableaux Historiques des Campagnes d'Italie, depuis l'An IV jusqu'a la Bataille de Marengo. Half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece of Napoleon, 26 engraved plates after Vernet, including 23 plates of battles from the Italian campaign, one double-page map of Italy, sectional title to the coronation of Napoleon with portrait medallions of the Emperor and Josephine. 550x395 mm; 21 5/8x15 1/2 inches. Folio, contemporary brown Russia with gilt and blind borders and blind central arabesque medallion, rebacked in sympathetic gilt-lettered brown calf; all edges trimmed and marbled, scattered moderate soiling, plates generally clean, dampstaining to last few leaves. Cohen-de-Ricci 971. Paris: Printed by Herhan for Auber, 1806