BOOKS FROM NAPOLEON'S LIBRARY AT ST HELENA, MEMOIRS
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BOOKS FROM NAPOLEON'S LIBRARY AT ST HELENA. LACROIX. Memoirs. 1819. 2 volumes.
Two volumes from Napoleon's library at St. Helena, each secretarially signed "Emp Napoleon" by his personal assistant and with his library stamp. Lacroix, Francois Jospeh. Memoires pour servir a l'histoire de la revolution de Saint-Dominique. Paris: Pillet Anne, 1819. 2 volumes. Light spotting, toning, dampstain and small margin chips to volume 2, closed tear to folding map, joints and tips rubbed, general shelfwear. Sabin 38496. Provenance: Sidney G. Reilly (bookplate), offered as lot 460 in His Sale, 1921, within the small section of offerings from books from Napoleon's library.Â
Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present the collection of Napoleonic items of George Eustis Paine, a noted 20th-century industrialist from New York, New York, and Newport, Rhode Island. The fine collection of over 155 items comes to sale from Michele Thomure from Illinois, who is Mr. Paine’s step-granddaughter. The sale features a Napoleonic library, including Napoleon’s personal map, autographed material, and books belonging to and about Napoleon; several bronze sculptures of him; portrait miniatures; snuff boxes; and other items of the era.
G. Eustis Paine (1893-1953) was a wealthy 20th-century industrialist, banker and executive, who was chairman of the board of the New York and Pennsylvania Co., paper manufacturers. He was born in Willsboro, New York and graduated from Columbia University. Besides the company he headed, he was Trustee of Hanover Bank, a director and chairman of the Fidelity-Phenix Fire Insurance Company’s executive committee, and a director and executive committee member of the Great Northern Paper Co.
Two volumes from Napoleon's library at St. Helena, each secretarially signed "Emp Napoleon" by his personal assistant and with his library stamp. Lacroix, Francois Jospeh. Memoires pour servir a l'histoire de la revolution de Saint-Dominique. Paris: Pillet Anne, 1819. 2 volumes. Light spotting, toning, dampstain and small margin chips to volume 2, closed tear to folding map, joints and tips rubbed, general shelfwear. Sabin 38496. Provenance: Sidney G. Reilly (bookplate), offered as lot 460 in His Sale, 1921, within the small section of offerings from books from Napoleon's library.Â
Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present the collection of Napoleonic items of George Eustis Paine, a noted 20th-century industrialist from New York, New York, and Newport, Rhode Island. The fine collection of over 155 items comes to sale from Michele Thomure from Illinois, who is Mr. Paine’s step-granddaughter. The sale features a Napoleonic library, including Napoleon’s personal map, autographed material, and books belonging to and about Napoleon; several bronze sculptures of him; portrait miniatures; snuff boxes; and other items of the era.
G. Eustis Paine (1893-1953) was a wealthy 20th-century industrialist, banker and executive, who was chairman of the board of the New York and Pennsylvania Co., paper manufacturers. He was born in Willsboro, New York and graduated from Columbia University. Besides the company he headed, he was Trustee of Hanover Bank, a director and chairman of the Fidelity-Phenix Fire Insurance Company’s executive committee, and a director and executive committee member of the Great Northern Paper Co.
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