Object details

Accession number

U17s5

Creators

• Albert-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet (France, 1758 - 1828) - primary
• Imprimerie Impériale (active Paris, 1850 - 1870) - printer

Full title

Recueil Méthodique

Creation Date

1811

Object Case

Napoleon Case

Language

French

Publication Place

Paris

Binding Description

Dark red leather binding with gilded tooled decoration on covers and spine.

Description

183 p. 44cm.

Provenance

Gift of A. Piatt Andrew, Christmas 1907 or 1908.

Marks

Embossed (on front and back cover): coat of arms of Napoleon Inscribed in pencil (front flylelaf, reverse, top): 1222/342Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf, reverse, top, right): Autograph of/ Napoleon/ Bonaparte Pasted (inside): a document signed “Buonaparte” Pasted (inside): a letter dated 7 Septembre 1807 / Madame Dillon / j’ai recu votre letter. Je vous si ai accorde sur le tresor de ma couronne une pension de dix mille francs et sur le tresor Imperial une pension de trios mille francs. Je suis fort aise d’avoir trouve cette occasion de vous donner une prevue de mon desir de vous etre agreeable. Cette letter n’etant a autre fin, je prie Dieu qu’il vous ait en sa sainte garde. A Rambouillet le 7 Septembre 1807. / Napoleon / Accepte pour l’infanterie du 6 Bataillon. / BuonapartePasted (opposite title page, top left): Isabella Stewart Gardner's bookplateSigned in pencil (title page, top left): I.S. Gardner 

Dimensions

44 x 30 x 5 cm (17 5/16 x 11 13/16 x 1 15/16 in.)

Display Media

Printed ink on paper

Web Commentary

While attending finishing school in Paris during the 1850s, Isabella Stewart Gardner was captivated by French literature, culture, and history. Of particular note is her interest in the former French emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte. The French cadastre (a register of property value and ownership for taxation purposes) dates back to the 1789 Revolution, and was created to apportion land ownership taxes equitably. In 1807, Napoleon drew up a cadastral map for the entirety of French territory in an effort to ensure fiscal fairness. This book provides the first systematic classification of all articles of law, particularly as it relates to land ownership, under Napoleon's empire.

Permanent Gallery Location

Short Gallery

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