FILHOL MUSÉE NAPOLÉON
Filhol, Antoine Michel & Lavallée, Joseph
Galerie du Musée Napoléon. 10 Volumes, Paris, Filhol 1807-15.
Quarto , 260x170mm
With copper-engraved Portrait(s) & 718 Fine Copper Engraved Plates.
Violet-Blue, full straight grained contemporary Morocco Bindings.
Lid, Floor, Gilt lid borders
3 Sides Gilt
Bookplate : WILLIAM BARNEBY
10 volumes, quarto 260x170mm.
HANDSOMELY LEATHER BOUND IN FULL STRAIGHT GRAIN MOROCCO GILT
Boards with gilt and blind tooling and spine with gilt bands,
1 NAPOLEONIC GILT EAGLES TO THE SPINES .
2 NAPOLEONIC CROWNS & LETTER 'N' IN LAUREL WREATH TO THE SPINES
1 NAPOLEONIC ARMORY WITH CROWN & EAGLE etc. ON BOTH BOARDS CENTER
4 NAPOLEONIC BEES TO BOTH BOARD'S CORNERS
3 SIDES GILT
Titles, accompanying text, and 720 FINE ENGRAVED PLATES, complete.
Some printer's errors to the numbering of plates 551 and 557 as issued.
Very minor rubbing. A fine set of this extensive record of art in Paris in the Napoleonic era.
The plates include work from many of the best engravers working in Paris at the time and the
engravings are after the work of most of the greatest western artists from the 18th century and earlier.
In addition there are a significant number of images of sculpture from antiquity.
Previous engraved owners mark (Lion). William Barneby. A scarce, finely bound and extensive gallery book.
cf.
Brunet II, 1256f. Tome 1 with
Addition of Title.
"Cours historique et élémentaire de peinture,
ou
Galerie Complette du Musée Central de France", dated 1802.
Complete Copy
Plates 552 & 553 in skipped numbering.
Wide margins.
Generally in Good Condition
Printed Title in Letterpress a bit slightly spotted in Volume II
GALERIE DU MUSÉE NAPOLÉON :
PUBLIÉE PAR
FILHOL, MICHEL ANTOINE . GRAVEUR
[ Artiste-Graveur et Editeur, rue de l'odéon , N.o 35]
ET REDIGÉE PAR
LAVALLÉE , JOSEPH ...
DÉDIÉE À S.M. L'EMPEREUR NAPOLÉON 1ER
De l'imprimerie de Gillé Fils
Paris 1807-15
10 vols.
Bon état. Reliures Maroquins dorés & ornamentés, précieuses. ExLibris William Barneby
MUSÉE NAPOLÉON
Filhol, Antoine Michel & Lavallée, Joseph
Galerie du Musée Napoléon. 10 Bde. Paris, Filhol, 1807-15. 4°. (260x170mm)
De l'imprimerie de Gillé Fils
Mit gest. Portr. und 718 Kupfertaf. BlauViolettes langgenarbtes Maroquin der Zeit
Rücken-, Deckel-, Stehkanten- u. Innenkantenverg.
Vorder-und Hinterdeckel Deckel mit Napol. Gold Wappenprägung & Napol. EckBienenOrnamenten
4 EchteBünde Buchrücken, schön ornamentiert in Gold
mit 5 linierten Compartments & Eckfleurons
Napoléon Wappen Krone/Lorbeerkranz (N),
Titel GALERIE DE NAPOÉON,
Wappenadler Napoléon,
TOME ....,
Napoléon Wappen Krone/Lorbeerkranz (N)
3 Seiten Goldschnitt
Lit.:
Fischer 968
Brunet II, 1256f.
Band 1 mit zusätzlichem Titel
"Cours historique et élémentaire de peinture, ou Galerie Complette du Musée Central de France", datiert 1802
Komplettes Exemplar (Taf. 552 u. 553 wie immer in der Numerierung übersprungen).
Breitrandig.
Die schönen, mit den napoleonischen Bienen und seinem
Wappen geschmückten Einbände teils minimal berieben.
Recht ordentlicher Zustand mit geringen Einband Altersspuren.
Titelseite Band II minimalste Fleckchen.
Ansonsten alle Bände vollkommen tadelfrei und fleckenfrei erhalten.
GESTOCHENES LÖWEN EXLIBRIS WILLIAM BARNEBY
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The Barnebys at Bredenbury Court
The name and estates of the Barneby family go back for a very long time,
and they were considered to be one of the oldest in Herefordshire.
The family came from Yorkshire, and a descendant, staunch Royalist John Barneby,
was nominated Knight of the Royal Oak in 1660.
He married twice, and after his death in 1684 was succeeded by his eldest surviving son Richard.
Richard’s only son died unmarried in 1726 but left his estates including those in Herefordshire
to his nephew Bartholomew Richard Lutley of Salop.
One of their great great grandsons was William Henry Barneby the squire of Bredenbury Court,
being the second son of William John Barneby MP of Brockhampton.
He married Alice Mary Hicks-Beach, daughter of Sir Michael Hicks-Beach MP.
W.H. Barneby
William was exceptionally wealthy and exceedingly generous,
donating large amounts of money towards the building of a new church,
as well as paying for new bells and other necessities such as an organ.
He also completely funded a village school.
He was also an author of some note, and in 1884 his new book
“Life and Labour in the Far Far West” was published for the price of 16s by Cassell & Co. Ltd. Of London.
This was described as being very entertaining, and came from his tour of the far west during the Spring and Summer of 1883,
where he passed through some of the finest scenery in North America.
He had lots of opportunities to observe the condition of Agriculture,
especially in the Dominion of Canada and British Columbia,
and of considering the suitability of the country as a “field for emigration” and for the “investment of capital”.
As was the case with most of the gentry in the big houses, William Barneby was an MP, serving his area as a Conservative.
In 1895, on Christmas morning, William Barneby entertained all the rural and town postmen, 20 in all, to a big breakfast at the Falcon Hotel.
On Boxing night, William invited the postmen employed at the Bromyard office and also the local employees on the Great Western Railway
to meet him at dinner at the Hop-pole Hotel, where a substantial repast was provided.
The gathering totalled nearly 30, and although William had to leave unexpectedly soon,
the praise for him was extensive, with Mr. Robinson declaring on behalf of the railway employees
that they all knew what a friend Mr. Barneby had been to all officials connected with public institutions in that town,
and that he was devoted to the welfare and prosperity of the district. Mr. William Harbour,
the oldest postman, said that Mr. Barneby had always been a staunch friend to the postmen.