The life of Napoleon Buonaparte, emperor of the French : with a preliminary view of the French Revolution /
Scott, Walter,1771-1832.
Rossmässler, Friedrich,approximately 1775-1858,engraver.
Zwickau : Printed for Brothers Schumann,
1827-1828.
This is the first edition to be printed in Germany. The firm Brothers Schumann had been founded by Alexander Schumann (1733-1826), the father of the romantic composer Robert Schumann, and began publishing Scott's massive biography of Napoleon in the year it had come out in London. It forms part of their Pocket Library of English Classics which appeared between 1819 and 1831. 156 volumes of the entire series of 232 volumes were Walter Scott titles.
The portraits are engraved by Friedrich Rossmässler.
Pagination of the 18 volumes in the set is as follows: [3], 8-303, [1] ; [5],10-251, [1] ; [5], 10-256 ; [5], 10-255, [1] ; [5], 10-222 ; [5], 10-252 ; [5], 10-253, [1] ; [5], 10-256 ; [5], 10-222 ; [5], 10-222 ; [5], 10-254 ; [5], 10-254 ; [5], 10-256 ; [5], 10-222 ; [5], 10-256 ; [5], 10-256 ; [5], 10-254 ; [5], 10-303, [1] p.
This is the first edition to be printed in Germany. The firm Brothers Schumann had been founded by Alexander Schumann (1733-1826), the father of the romantic composer Robert Schumann, and began publishing Scott's massive biography of Napoleon in the year it had come out in London. It forms part of their Pocket Library of English Classics which appeared between 1819 and 1831. 156 volumes of the entire series of 232 volumes were Walter Scott titles.
Napoleon Emperor of the French I, 1769-1821.
France
France
Germany Zwickau.