Life of Napoleon Bonaparte by William Milligan Sloan, in Four Volumes, 1896

Sloane, William Milligan. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. New York: Century Co, 1896. Four volume quarto set. Handsomely bound in half red Moroccan leather and cloth boards, spines ruled and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, and Napoleon’s bee stamped on the spines.  Presented is William Milligan Sloane’s monumental account of Napoleon Bonaparte’s personal and military life. This large, four volume set was published in 1896 by Century Co. in New York. It is exquisitely bound and sumptuously illustrated throughout, with several illustrations presented in color.  Sloane’s Life of Napoleon Bonaparte was first published in the form of a serial in the Century Magazine, beginning in November of 1894. Sloan then elaborated and enlarged the series into a massive four volume set, published in 1896. This is the version we present here.  Sloane offers a detailed four volume biography of the French military leader and Emperor. Bonaparte rose to prominence during the French Revolution and became th