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Napoleonica

Code of Napoleon the Great for the kingdom of Italy, 1806

Estimate

€ 250 - 350

Sold

€ 348

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Milan, Reale Stamperia, 1806. In 8th. Light foxing, marbled endpapers, portrait on the frontispiece missing, beautiful contemporary binding in green morocco with gold friezes, gilt cuts, slight defects, slight defect on the internal hinge. Handwritten dedication on the flyleaf

Specialist Notes

First official edition of the "Code Napoleon", which came into force in France on 21 March 1806.