Author: JOB [= pseud. of JACQUES M.G. ONFROY DE BRÉVILLE]. Marthold, Jules [Adolphe] de.
Title: Le grand Napoléon des petits enfans.
Description: Paris, E.Plon, Nourrit et Cie., [ca. 1895/1900]. 48 pages with handcol plts. Orig. publisher's hardcover binding (pictorial green cloth with lettering / dec. in gilt, black, white, red and blue stamping to the front cover and gilt stamping to the back cover). Oblong 8vo. Rather rare nineteenth century French children's book describing the life of Napoleon. With fine plates after drawings by JOB, pseudonym of the French artist and illustrator Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Bréville (25 November 1858, Bar-le-Duc - 15 September 1931, Neuilly-sur-Seine). - Text in French. - Copy with a dedication in pen and ink by the British soldier and scientific illustrator William Percival Cosnahan Tenison (1884-1983) W.P.C. Tenison, Xmas 1900. With very best wishes.

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