Collection of 5 works in 6 volumes on the First Empire: - Lot 269

Collection of 5 works in 6 volumes on the First Empire: 1. [JAUFFRET (Gaspard)]: Du culte public, ou de la nécessité du culte public en général, et de l'excellence du culte catholique en particulier. Paris, Le Clere, 1802, An X. One volume. 12.5 by 19.5 cm. 1 frontispiece-IV-430 pages + 1 h.t. plate + 1 f. n.ch. (works by the same author). Contemporary fawn half-basane with corners, smooth spine with fillets, red title page. A very good copy. 2nd edition (E.O.: 1796). Abbé Jauffret was vicar general of the grande aumônerie, chaplain to the Emperor, bishop of Metz and then archbishop of Aix. 2. [JAUFFRET (Monseigneur Gaspard-Jean-André-Joseph, évêque de Metz): De la religion, aux Français: discours où l'on établit, dans la première partie, les principaux caractères que doit avoir la religion pour remplir les vues d'un bon gouvernement; et où l'on prouve, dans la seconde partie, que ces divers caractères sont ceux de la religion catholique. Fourth edition. Paris, Le Clere, 1802. Year X. One volume. 12 by 19 cm. 1 frontispiece-(2)-VIII-168 pages. Modern bradel boards in perfect condition. Light interior foxing. 4th edition (E.O.: 1790). 3. PACCA (Bartolomeo): Complete works of Cardinal B. Pacca translated from the Italian edition of Orvieto of 1843 and arranged by M. Queyras, translator of the first memoirs, printed in Lyon; containing a notice on the life and works of Cardinal Pacca placed at the head of the miscellaneous works. Edition decorated with two fine steel-engraved portraits. Paris, Pradel et Goujon, 1845. 2 volumes. 12.5 by 21 cm. 1 portrait-(4)-420; 1 portrait-(4)-460 pages. Contemporary full mahogany calf, elegantly ornamented spine with 4 raised bands, framed in gilt fillet with spandrels, college seal on 1st boards, lace on edges. 2 jaws skilfully restored, very good condition. The most complete edition. Bourquelot V-p. 574; Garnier, suppl. Tulard p. 29; Tulard 111 (other ed.). "A capital source for nineteenth-century religious history". (Tulard). "This edition contains: -Mémoires sur le pontificat de Pie VII; deux parties inédites ajoutées à ces mémoires; -Mémoires sur les nonciatures; appendice sur les nonces; -Rapport sur l'introduction du protestantisme dans les provinces rhénanes; -Discourses prononcé devant l'Académie de la religion catholique, à Rome, etc." (Bourquelot). 4. [ADER (Jean-Joseph)]: Napoléon devant ses contemporains. Paris, Baudouin Frères, 1826. One volume. 12.5 by 20 cm. 1 portrait-(4)-463-(1) pages. Contemporary half empire green basane, spine decorated with cold chain and gilt fillets. Some foxing, otherwise a good, well-bound copy. First edition. Barbier III-393. "According to Oettinger, this work has also been attributed to Lucien Bonaparte." (Barbier). It was translated into German and Spanish. 5. THIERS (Adolphe): Congress of Vienna. New edition, expanded with the text of the main treaties of 1815. Paris, Lheureux et Cie, 1863. One volume. 12 by 18.5 cm. (4)-399 pages. Paperback, in printed cover. Cover reinforced at spine ends, else a good copy. Thiers is one of the historians who criticize Talleyrand for not siding with Prussia and Russia against England and Austria.