Lot 1298

Général Comte Philippe de Ségur, 'Napoléon - Texte tire de la Campagne de Russie 1812', Paris, Ernst Flammarion, 1912. Folio, three quarter leather binding over board, five raised bands, gilt tooling. Deluxe edition. 54 colour plates and two double tone plates all tipped in on stiff gray paper with lettered tissue guards. Extracted from Philippe de Segur's 'La Campagne de Russie 1812', this work extracting the text relating to Napoleon, his rise and fall during his doomed siege of Russia.Most of the paintings reproduced in this work were in the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. Illustrated by various artists, including Charlet, Doou, Gerard, Kossak, Matvieff, and more.