Memoirs of Madame de Rémusat on Napoleon’s Court

Description

Three-volume set in four parts, bound in full purple-dyed leather with gilt edges, minor wear to corners and headcaps, one board nearly detached. Continuous pagination of 413, 420, XXIII & 416 pp. Occasional foxing but generally well preserved. Published by Calmann Lévy, Paris, 1880. Senator Paul de Rémusat’s edition of his grandmother’s memoirs, a firsthand account of life at Napoleon I’s court and her critical reflections on the emperor, long suppressed until the late 19th century.