(Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel)   RECUEIL DE GRAVURES,   Représentant les Bas-Reliefs qui ornent l'Arc de Triomphe de la Place du Carrouzel (sic). (cover title).       Paris: Mad. Dion,   1809.          The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, situated between the Louvre and the Tuileries Gardens in Paris, was designed by Percier and Fontaine and erected by Napoleon I between 1806 and 1808 as a tribute to the French Military Victories of 1805. These are individually commemorated by the six rose marble bas-reliefs which are reproduced as engravings and described here. The subjects are the Surrender at Ulm (by Cartelier), The Victory at Austerlitz (by Esperciaux), Napoleon Entering Vienna (by Deseinne), Napolean Entering Munich (by Clodion), the Conference at Tilset (by Ramey), and the Peace of Pressburg (by Lesueur). The bas reliefs were removed after the fall of Napolean in 1815, but returned to their place in 1830. Rare; no copies located in OCLC, COPAC, KVK or European Library; CCFr locates 3 copies only.   Oblong pamphlet (12 x 20.5 cm); 12 pp. + 6 engraved plates.            Original printed paper wraps, stitched at margin; covers lightly soiled, otherwise well preserved. $300.00

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