Secret Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud (c1899)
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Secret Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud (c1899)
Full Title: Secret Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud : In a Series of Letters from a Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman in London
9 x 6. In English. Printed for The Grolier Society, Paris, not dated. Complete in two volumes. Deluxe LIMITED EDITION, circa 1890's. Number 945 of 1,000 copies printed. A scarce, high quality edition of these memoirs of life at the Chateau de Saint-Cloud. With numerous plates throughout. Beautiful brown leather bindings over cloth boards, with gilt hand stamped designs. Save for some rather inconsequential staining to the front board of Volume One, externally smart and firmly bound. Internally, completely free of ownership markings. Text block is bright and clean. Overall, a SLENDID COPY with minimal perceivable wear and virtually new internally.
This work contains particulars of the great Napoleon, forming an interesting addition to the information generally known about him at the time of publication. The writer of the Letters (whose name is said to have been Stewarton, and who had been a friend of the Empress Josephine in her happier, if less brilliant days) gives full accounts of the lives of nearly all of Napoleon’s Ministers and Generals. In addition to those of a great number of other characters, this work provides an insight into the lives of those who formed Napoleon’s Court.
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Inventory Number: 66080
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