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[Manuscript - Fortifications]. Lettres, notes & ordres de l'Empereur relatifs à la défense de plusieurs places de l'Empire. [On the title page:] Documens relatifs à la défense de plusieurs places de guerre de l'Empire français. 1805-1813. In-4, 283 pp. miscalculated 284 (page 116 has been omitted in the numbering), and [9] blank leaves, blue boards, red title page (contemporary binding). Wear to corners and spine, but a good copy. Important manuscript collection of Napoleon I's letters and notes on the fortifications of the Empire, probably compiled at the beginning of the Restoration, at a time when French territory was being reorganized around the old France of the kings, and when printed publications of Napoleon's official correspondence were naturally not yet available. Enclosed: "Carte de la France donnant la circonscription des divisions militaires et des départemens avec les pays limitrophes et leurs divisions d'après les derniers traités" by Lapie. Slnd [circa 1814], large canvas-folded map (61.2 x 47.5 cm) with color-enhanced outlines. It has been specially modified by hand to serve as an index to the manuscript it accompanies.

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[Manuscript - Fortifications]. Lettres, notes & ordres de l'Empereur relatifs à la défense de plusieurs places de l'Empire. [On the title page:] Documens relatifs à la défense de plusieurs places de guerre de l'Empire français. 1805-1813. In-4, 283 pp. miscalculated 284 (page 116 has been omitted in the numbering), and [9] blank leaves, blue boards, red title page (contemporary binding). Wear to corners and spine, but a good copy. Important manuscript collection of Napoleon I's letters and notes on the fortifications of the Empire, probably compiled at the beginning of the Restoration, at a time when French territory was being reorganized around the old France of the kings, and when printed publications of Napoleon's official correspondence were naturally not yet available. Enclosed: "Carte de la France donnant la circonscription des divisions militaires et des départemens avec les pays limitrophes et leurs divisions d'après les derniers traités" by Lapie. Slnd [circa 1814], large canvas-folded map (61.2 x 47.5 cm) with color-enhanced outlines. It has been specially modified by hand to serve as an index to the manuscript it accompanies.

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