Description: Folio-sized illustrated biography of Napoleon Bonaparte in French by Georges Montorgueil, profusely illustrated with color illustrations by Job. First edition. Full-page chromotypogravure reproductions of watercolors, with some double-page spreads. Bound in full olive green cloth over boards, with large pictorial design of Napoleon on a horse on the front cover and his blind-stamped imperial device on the rear cover, all edges gilt. 14.75 x 12 inches; [4], iv, 84 pages. Publisher's advertisement laid in. Bookseller label of The French Book Shop, New York, on the rear endpaper. Binding with moderate edgewear, soiling, sunning, and toned endpapers; interior with scattered foxing. Good overall, with an attractive front cover and bright interior illustrations. Job was a noted French illustrator particularly associated with historical and military subjects for children. These illustrations helped shape a heroic Napoleonic visual mythology for young readers, and the striking publisher’s binding has been singled out as among his finest cover illustrations. Series title: Collection d'Albums Historiques.
