Watch List notes:

Brasseux aîné. CATALOGUE DES MÉDAILLES DE L'HISTOIRE NUMISMATIQUE DE NAPOLÉON, COMME GÉNÉRAL, CONSUL ET EMPEREUR, FRAPPÉES A LA MONNAIE DE PARIS, DEPUIS LA BATAILLE DE MONTENOTTE, EN 1796, JUSQU'À NOS JOURS. Paris: En vente, chez Brasseux aîné, graveur du roi, éditeur, Palais-Royal, No 47, Galerie Montpensier, 1840. 8vo, original printed cardstock portfolio with ties and glassine jacket, holding eleven livraisons of the publication, each with printed paper covers and with contents inserted loosely. (8), 8 pages of prefatory remarks including checklist; 110 leaves, each with a lithographic illustration of a medal at the head and descriptive text below. Portfolio a bit worn; contents near fine with occasional foxing. The complete publication, in its original state as distributed in eleven installments, each with a separate cover (with the installment number added by hand to each). Features introductory matter, including checklist descriptions, of this series of 110 Napoleonic medals struck at the Paris Mint, followed by 110 lithographic plates with text descriptions. This is the first complete set we have offered since our Sale 100 in 2006. Very rare.