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Rare Bonaparte Biography Authored by an American

 

(NAPOLEON.). [ANON]. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte; Late Emperor of the French...from His Birth, Until His Departure to the Island of St. Helena.  By a Citizen of Delaware. Wilmington, [Delaware]: Printed [by R. Porter] for and Sold by M.R. Lockerman, 1815. 1st ed. 8vo. 275 pp. Stippled engraved frontis. of Napoleon. Orig. printed boards, very rubbed. Spine cracked (breaking, but partially resewn); uncut & quite good. $200.00

 

S & S 35106, recording one copy.  Perhaps the first biography of Napoleon written by an American.