The Life of Napoleon, as it should be handed down to posterity M------D J. [ie MUDFORD J] Publisher: Parsons and Son Publish Year: 1804 Publish Place: London: at their Circulating Library, No. 46, Ludgate Hill Illustrator: Unknown Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 007236 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: 1st Edition Inscription: Unknown £350 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information Rare, 2 copies in US only. In modern quarter calf (to style), over contemporary worn marbled boards, spine with gilt tooling & titles. Internally, (vi), [1], 2-150 pp, printed by H. Bryer, Bridge-street, ink name to fep (Molly Harrison 1934, leaves watermarked 1803. (165*93 mm). (in Romanticism, Radicalism, & the Press by Stephen C Benrendt p110, 1997). OCLC indicate no copies in UK institutions, 2 copies only, in the US (UCLA & Denver), no copies at auction or on line. "As the title indicate, this is not a History of the Dreaded emperor, but a romance, which strongly glances at him" - Monthly Catalogue p330, 1805. "Our Author makes him a pettifogging thief, and gets him hanged in the end.".
