Collectanea Napoleonica; being a catalogue of the collection of autographs, historical documents, broadsides, caricatures, drawings, maps, music, portraits, naval and military costume-plates, battle scenes, views, etc., etc. relating to Napoleon I. and his times, 1769-1821. Formed by A. M. Broadley, comp. by Walter V. Daniell. Together with an explanatory preface by A. M. Broadley, and a catalogue of his Napoleonic library. Illustrated with a hitherto unpublished portrait of Napoleon, by Detaille, from a picture in the possession of Sir G. White, bart., and several reproductions of rare originals by permission of the proprietors of "The King." (1905) By Walter V. Daniell
 
A fascinating and detailed catalogue of the collection of autographs, historical documents, broadsides, caricatures, drawings, maps, music, portraits, naval and military costume-plates, battle scenes, and more relating to Napoleon Bonaparte. 

The first edition of this interesting, uncommon reference work. 

Formed by A.M. Broadley, with an explanatory preface and a catalogue of his Napoleonic library. 

Compiled by Walter V. Daniell. 

Illustrated with eight plates, collated and complete. 
 
The author, journalist, and collector Alexander Meyrick Broadley was the author or co-author of a number of works on Napoleon and his era, including Napoleon and the Invasion of England: the Story of the Great Terror (London: 1908), Nelson's Hardy: his Life, Letters and Friends (London: 1909), Dumouriez and the Defence of England against Napoleon (London: 1909; cf. item 55), Napoleon in Caricature 1795-1821 (London: 1911; see the following item), and Napoleon in Exile (London: 1914). Broadley was also a celebrated grangeriser (or extra-illustrator) of books, and one of his greatest achievements was the creation (with the assistance of Daniell) of an extra-illustrated set of Rose's Life of Napoleon I and Rosebery's Napoleon. The Last Phase and inlaying and extending them from three octavo to twenty-eight folio volumes by the addition of engravings, portraits, manuscripts, autograph letters, etc. over a period of four years; this monumental work was bought, with a number of other pieces, by Curzon at the auction of Broadley's library (held in four sales between 1916 and 1918) and later bequeathed to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Part I of Collectanea Napoleonica (pp. [7]-125) is 'An Index to the Napoleonic Collections Illustrating Mr. J. Holland Rose's "Life of Napoleon I." and Lord Rosebery's "Last Phase", Extended to 28 vols., Royal Folio' and catalogues the portraits, engravings, manuscripts, and other items which extra-illustrate the set. Part II (pp. [127]-166) is a 'Catalogue of Books, Pamphlets, etc., Relating to Napoleon I. and his Times', which includes, i.a., Broadley's set of Barras' Memoirs (London: 1895), item 101 in the present catalogue. It is pleasing to record that Broadley's preface acknowledges 'the invaluable assistance of [...] Messrs. Sabin, Sotheran, Tregaskis and Maggs' in the formation of the collection (pp. ii-iii).
 
Hard Cover
166 pages
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