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Napoleon, his army and his generals : their unexampled military career, with a sketch of the French Revolution / by an American ; illustrated with numerous elegant engravings.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection DC202.1 .A35 1848 Kaplan copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- Napoleon.
- France--History--Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815.
- France.
- History.
- Europe--History--1789-1815.
- Europe.
- Penn Provenance:
- Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939- (donor) (Kaplan Collection copy)
- Kaplan, Deanne (donor) (Kaplan Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 52, 55-422, x pages, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Napoleon and his army
- Place of Publication:
- New-York : Leavitt, Trow & Co., 1848.
- Notes:
- "This work advances no greater claim to public consideration than that of a compilation ... the compiler has made numerous extracts from the works of Scott, Lockhart, Clarke, and other English authors ..."--Preface.
- Local Notes:
- Kaplan Collection copy imperfect: p. 387-388 wanting.
- Kaplan Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2012 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan.
- Kaplan Collection copy has stamp, struck through in blue ink and largely illegible, on front free endpaper; effaced, largely illegible autograph ("[...]. [...]. [...] Chicopee, Mass.") in pencil on verso of front free endpaper.
- Kaplan Collection copy: illustrations hand-colored.
- Kaplan Collection copy has newspaper clipping with photograph (headed: Where France buries its store of gold.) affixed to front pastedown.
- OCLC:
- 40658105
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