BARTHÉLÉMY (A. M.) & MÉRY (J.). Napoleon in Egypt, Water - Lot 179

BARTHÉLÉMY (A. M.) & MÉRY (J.). Napoleon in Egypt, Waterloo and the Son of Man. Preceded by a literary notice by M. Tissot. Paris, Bourdin, sd [1842]. In-4, red chagrin, richly decorated smooth spine, large and beautiful gilt plates framed by a triple cold fillet interlaced on the boards, gilt edges, covers and spine preserved (Boutigny). Illustrated second edition. It includes 1 frontispiece, 16 large off-text vignettes on chine appliqué drawn by H. Vernet & H. Bellangé and 120 in-text figures. (Vicaire I, 324.) A superb copy, elegantly bound by Boutigny, on which he has reproduced, in the center of each of the 2 covers, the 2 faces of the bronze medal representing Bonaparte, General-in-Chief of the Army of Egypt, specially made for this edition, engraved by Ch. Bovy and offered to subscribers before the work went to press.