8. BARTHÉLEMY (Marseille Auguste) & MÉRY (Joseph).... Lot 8

8. BARTHÉLEMY (Marseille Auguste) & MÉRY (Joseph). Napoleon in Egypt, Waterloo and the Son of Man. Paris, Ernest Bourdin, s.d. (1842). Gd in-8, xvi, 330 p., pl., half-calf with corners (modern binding). First printing 1 frontispiece and 16 hors-texte engravings on Chine appliqué, very numerous in-text figures by Horace Vernet and Hippolyte Bellangé. The hors-texte are before the letter. cover ill. cons. Professional repairs. (Carteret, III, 64 "deserves to be more sought after"; Vicaire, I, 323). Attached : ANACREON. Odes of Anacreon translated into verse on the text of Brunck by J.B. de Saint-Victor. Paris, H. Nicolle, 1810. In-8, lxx, 206 p., pl., red half-maroquin with stripes, smooth back. Edition printed by Didot illustrated with 4 plates by Girodet and Bouillon. Greek text opposite the French translation. Spine rubbed, one part of the spine cracked, some foxing.