Memoirs of Napoleon, His Court and Family.
by (NAPOLEON) D'ABRANTES, Duchess (JUNOT, Madame Laure)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Glendale, California, United States
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About This Item
8vo, two volumes, Publisher s original embossed purple cloth with gilt-lettered spines, 16 plates., pages untuned. Some light bumping to a couple of corners, Spines are sun-faded (though gilt remains bright) but a handsome near-fine copy of a set now seldom seen in the original cloth or in collectible condition. First edition in English of this sarcastic and slanderous portrayal of Napoleon, with 16 full-page engraved portraits, most by William Read. Madame Laure Junot, wife of French general and diplomat Jean-Andoche Junot, was a firsthand witness to many of the intrigues of the consulate. She immediately entered into the gay life of Paris, and became "noted for her beauty, her caustic wit, and her extravagance. Napoleon nicknamed her petite peste, but treated her and Junot with the utmost generosity, a fact which did not restrain her sarcasms and slanders in her portrayal of him in her Memoirs" (Robert Ouvrard). The Memoirs of Napoleon, originally published in Paris in 1831-35, were among the most popular of the period.
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- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 116
- Title
- Memoirs of Napoleon, His Court and Family.
- Author
- (NAPOLEON) D'ABRANTES, Duchess (JUNOT, Madame Laure)
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1836
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- French History
- Size
- 8vo
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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