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137. REVOLUTION AND FIRST EMPIRE. - Set of 7 small...

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137. REVOLUTION AND FIRST EMPIRE. - Set of 7 small and large volumes in folio bound. THE COMPLETE COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL TABLES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. In Paris, chez Auber, year XIII-1804. 3 volumes large in-folio, modern black half leatherette signed by J.-M. Durand. Numerous copper-engraved plates outside the text. - MEHUL (Étienne-Nicolas). National song of July 14, 1800, performed in the Temple de Mars [the chapel of the Invalides] on 25 messidor year 8 [July 14, 1800]. In Paris, engraved by made Le Roy, year VIII [1800]. In-folio, half dark green long-grained morocco, spine ends split, contemporary binding but boards rebound and endpapers renewed. Orchestral score of this work composed on a text by Louis de Fontanes, in honour of Napoleon Bonaparte's second victorious campaign in Italy. - TERNISIEN D'HAUDRICOURT (F.). Fastes de la nation française. Paris, Decrouan, [1825]. 3 small volumes in-folio, half garnet-coloured long-grained morocco decorated with gilded motifs representing notably military trophies and crosses of the Order of the Legion of Honour, spines worn, period binding but covers redone. Entirely engraved on copper, published in several series of issues from 1803 to 1825, by different successive publishers including Decrouan. A copy comprising about 200 plates produced from about 1802 to 1824, by several artists including Jean Duplessi-Bertaux and Jacques-François-Joseph Swebach.