Ecrits de Napoleon.

AUBRY, Octave. [Napoleon Bonaparte].

$1,250.00

Item Number: 130509

Paris: Editions Buchet / Chastel, 1969.

Finely bound example of Octave Aubry’s Ecrits de Napoleon. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt central vignette to the front panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. A beautiful example.

French novelist and historian Octave Aubry was one of the five members of the Académie française elected on 1 February 1946, to replace the many vacancies left by the Nazi occupation of Europe. Aubry's fascination with history led to several historical novels. These included Louis XVII, Bonaparte and Josephine, The Coup d'état of Brumaire, The Lost King, Marie Waleska, The Bed King and Gaspard Hauser. He also authored numerous scholarly books on the great historical figures of 19th century. These were Napoleon III, Empress Eugenie, A History of the Second Empire, King of Rome, The Private Life of Napoleon and French Revolution. One of his most famous works was The Journey to St. Helena, a book to write which he spent several weeks on the island.