The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French, with a Preliminary View of the French Revolution (3 volume set)

Sir Walter Scott

New York: J. & J. Harper, 1828

3 volumes. Bound in contemporary calf.  Spines worn, with loss to vol. 1 (spine label detached, signatures showing).  Besides rubbing/wear, the bindings are sound.  516, 399, 368 pp. lxix.   Spotting, toning, dampstaining. Portrait of Napoleon.  Gift inscription to Daniel Rollins from W.W. Rollins '74.   The British government gave Scott access to Napoleon's papers soon after his death.  This edition printed one year after 1827 1st ed. in Edinburgh.