Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, with Anecdotes of the Courts of Navarre and Malmasion.
London: Henry Colburn , 1829.
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Finely Bound Extra-Illustrated Edition of the Memoirs of Empress Josephine; Bound by Bayntun
Extra illustrated edition of the Memoirs of the Empress Josephine. Octavo, three volumes, bound in full morocco by Bayntun Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in nine compartments within raised gilt bands, wide gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbons bound in, illustrated with 29 plates, 6 of which are in color including tissue-guarded frontispieces of Empress Josephine, Emperor Napoleon, and her son Eugene. In fine condition. Tasteful armorial bookplates to the pastedown of each volume.
Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie was the first wife of Napoleon, and the first Empress of the French after he proclaimed himself Emperor. Joséphine's Château de Malmaison was noted for its magnificent rose garden, containing roses she collected from all over the world. Because she did not bear Napoleon any children, he divorced her in 1810 to marry Marie Louise of Austria. Joséphine was the recipient of numerous love letters written to her by Napoleon, many of which still exist today.
Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, with Anecdotes of the Courts of Navarre and Malmasion.
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