Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe from the 16th to the 19th Century, in Twelve Volumes: The Court of Empress Josephine, with Anecdotes of the Courts of Navarre and Malmaison; Napoleon's Court and Cabinet of St. Cloud in a Series of Letters from a Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman in London; The Royal Family of France during the Revolution, from the Journal and Letters of the Princess Lamballe; The Court of Berlin; The Court of Louis XIV and of the Regency, from the Correspondence of the Duchess of Orleans, Mother of the Regent; The Private Memoirs of Louis XV, from the Memoirs of Madame du Hausset, Lady's-Maid to Madame de Pompadour; The Court of Austria (Edition Marie Antoinette)
Philadelphia: George Barrie & Sons, 1900. Limited Edition. Hard Cover.
Limited edition, #8 of 1000 sets, each volume numbered in red on limitation page, which is protected by a tissue guard. An exceptional set.
Complete in twelve volumes. Red cloth, paper spine labels, top edges gilt. Color frontispieces, black-and-white plates.....