​O'MEARA, Barry Edward - ANTOMARCHI, Francesco. Napoleone in Esilio di O’Meara / Ultimi Momenti di Napoleone di Antomarchi. Torino, Stabilimento [..]

Octavo volume (in-8°), contemporary half red leather binding with elegant gilt titles and decorative tooling on the spine. This edition brings together the celebrated memoirs of the physicians who attended Napoleon during his exile on Saint Helena: Barry O’Meara, the Irish surgeon who recorded his confidences, and Francesco Antomarchi, his final personal physician. The volume also includes biographies of distinguished contemporaries mentioned in the works of Las Cases, O’Meara, and Antomarchi.

Highlights:

Iconographic Apparatus: Fine illustrated frontispiece with a large neoclassical woodcut frame, enriched with soldiers in full dress uniform, allegorical figures, and the Imperial eagle.

Historical Content: One of the most important primary sources for Napoleonic historiography, presented as a “Continuation of the Memorial of Saint Helena.”

Condition: Sound binding; the gilt decorations on the spine retain good brightness.

Large octavo volume (large in-8°), contemporary half red leather binding with gilt titles and richly tooled decorations on the spine. One of the most celebrated and widely circulated Napoleonic biographies of the 19th century, renowned for its monumental illustrative apparatus overseen by the battle painter Horace Vernet.

Highlights:

Illustrations: The volume is richly adorned with numerous wood engravings both within and outside the text. The frontispiece depicts an equestrian statue of Napoleon on a high pedestal animated by surrounding figures.

Title Page: Features the famous Napoleonic monogram (the “N” within a laurel wreath) engraved in wood.

Curiosity: This edition is enhanced by notes from the translator Antonio Lissoni, a former cavalry officer, who adds technical and historical commentary from an Italian military perspective.