239-[MAITLAND] - BARTHE. Réfutation de la relation du capitaine Maitland, commandant le Bellérophon, touchant l'embarquement de Napoléon, à son bord. Rédigée sur les documents de M. le comte de Las Cases, augmentée du testament original de Napoléon. Paris, Dupont, Charles-Béchet, 1827, in-8, IV-162 pp. front, 2 portr. h. t. half-maroquin bleu nuit à coins, spine ribbed and richly decorated with a crowned eagle in the center, marbled edges (period binding). Very rare first edition. Comte de Las Cases asked M. Barthe to write this rebuttal, "because Maitland and I differ so much on the capital point that decided Napoleon's torture and final destiny". (Foreword). Davois, I, 68. A fine copy bearing the crowned arms of Richard-Conway, Marquis of Hertford (1800-1870), who bequeathed a collection of 200,000 books to his son Richard Wallace (1818-1890).