Fascinating Memoirs of Laure Junot

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First complete edition published in Paris by Jean de Bonnot, 1967-1969. Sixteen volumes in octavo format, beautifully bound in green imperial leather, with a flat smooth spine elaborately decorated with gold motifs (lying dogs and friezes). Gilt headbands, printed on wove paper with watermark, includes 250 engravings out of the text. The duquesa de Abrantès is considered the most captivating writer of her time, embarking on a literary career due to various setbacks, with assistance from a young writer known as Balzac. Historical memoirs covering Napoleon, the Revolution, Directoire, Consulate, Empire, Restoration, the 1830 Revolution, and the early years of Louis-Philippe's reign.