Bulletin De Empire Francais, 1812, France

A decorative painted antique French historical book with a vellum backstrip. "Bulletin Des Lois de L''Empire Francais, 4 Serie". Tome Quinzieme. Copyright Janvier 1812. Published by De L''Impimerie Imperiale, Paris. French language. {Title: Bulletin of the Laws of the French Empire, 4 Series". Volume Fifteenth. Copyright January 1812}. Size: 8 x 5.15". The cover is a hardback with decorative gray painted cover paper. The backstrip and cover corners have vellum exposed. There are decorative black stamps and type layered on the cover. The cover corners have soiling and are bumped / chipped. The outer edge of an interior page is misaligned (it is a large pullout table). The interior pages are mostly crisp and white throughout with occasional mild tanning. There is a section of pages in the middle at page 289, that has heavier tanning. There is a large pull-out table in the middle of the book that is approximately 18 inches wide. There are moisture spots on the edge of page 409. 684 pages