Reprinted from the Collection of Napoleon's Maxims made by A. G. de Liancourt, and translated by J. A. Manning. French text to the right with English translation to the left. Dark blue morocco binding with triple gilt ruling to both boards, floral gilt design to each corner and dotted gilt line connecting them. Five raised bands with boxed gilt lettering to one panel and bottom of the spine, extensive floral design to other five panels and gilt ribbed decoration to raised bands. Leather finish to both endboards with double gilt ruling and floral decoration to each corner and dotted gilt line connecting them. Binder's gilt stamp 'J & E Bumpus Ltd 350 Oxford St' to bottom of front endboard. Gauffered gilt edges with very intricate design, silk head and tail bands and silk page marker. In excellent condition with minor surface scratches to panels, light bumping to corners and minor rubbing to raised bands and edges of the spine, otherwise a lovely and tactile binding, clean and fresh. All edges still very bright and also in excellent condition. Offsetting to endpapers, browning to pre title page and very mild foxing to first and last few pages, otherwise with clean and crisp pages. With mounted card 'From Marquess of Anglesey, 1912' to free endpaper and pen inscription to top of page with 'Signature, ~1972 (from his Daughter-in-law,) Mrs Paget'. A rare and unique item, gifted from Lady Paget. 187pp. 'Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey GCVO (14 April 1885 – 21 February 1947) was a British peer. Paget was born in 1885, the son of Lord Alexander Paget, was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and in 1905 he succeeded as Marquess of Anglesey on the demise of his childless cousin, the 5th Marquess. In 1911 he was Mayor of Burton upon Trent and went on to serve in the First World War with the Royal Horse Guards as aide-de-camp to the General Officer Commanding in Egypt in 1915 (for which he was decorated with the Order of the Nile) and then as Assistant Military Secretary to General Officer Commanding in Ireland in 1916. He served in the Home Guard in World War II. On 3 August 1912, he married Lady Victoria Marjorie Manners, a daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland and they had six children. After World War I he was Lord Chamberlain to Queen Mary from 1922 till his death in 1947. He commissioned the artist Rex Whistler to undertake a decorative mural scheme for the family seat at Plas Newydd. The trompe l'oeil paintings and murals and a permanent exhibition of Whistler memorabilia are now one of major attractions at this property'.