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FAIN, Manuscrit de mil huit cent treize, 1824
FAIN, Agathon-Jean-François Le Baron.
Manuscrit de mil huit cent treize, contenant le précis des événemens de cette année; pour servir à l'histoire de l'empereur Napoléon.
Paris, Delaunay, 1824.
Two 8vo (203x125 mm), vi-(2)-489 pages / (4)-ii-(2)-566 pages and 1 fac simile and 1 folding map (2 maps are missing). binding : Contemporary quarter sheep, gilt-decorated flat spines. Strong foxings.
First edition.
Baron de Fain is a close witness to Napoleon. in 1806 he entered the private cabinet of the Emperor Napoleon I with the title of secretary-archivist. Attached to the person of the Emperor, he accompanied him in all his campaigns and was created by him baron of the Empire in 1809 and appointed master of requests to the Council of State in 1811. Private secretary in 1813, he served Napoleon until the abdication of Fontainebleau on April 6, 1814.
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