Lot 60: Magnificently bound set of Ireland's Life of Napoleon

IRELAND, W. H.

The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. London: G. Berger, n.d. (1850s). Four volumes, full red morocco by Bayntun, gilt extra with Napoleonic arms and emblems, all edges gilt. 8 3/4 x 5 inches (21.25 x 13 cm); 476; 556; 600; 542, [4] pp., extensively extra-illustrated with documents (including a Cruikshank check signed the day before his death), engravings, folding color plates etc. Very minor wear, spine minutely faded, but a very well-bound and attractive set. Bookplates of Mary and Norman Hickman.