Memoirs of Madame Junot, Duchesse D'Abrantes; Six Volumes in Three by Junot, Madam - N.D.

New York: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good-. 1855. Luxury Edition. Hardcover. calfskin half-leather binding over marble boards, 5 raised bands with gilt decorated compartments, leather title and author labels, all edges marble with matching end-papers, 19 engraved plates. Outer covers show mild rubbing and shelf wear. Slight bumping to corners, mild edge wear with light exposure of boards, spines show mild reading wear and surface crackling. Mild chipping to the upper spine of volume 1. Former owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedowns, but bears no name. International addresses will require extra postage due to size. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Edward Churton, 1834. First English edition thus. Large folio (21 inches tall), pp. 94, illsutrated with 15 (of 16 engraved portraits). Bound in contemporary 3/4 leather and paper boards with leather label. Some minor foxing, the front blanks had been folded and show creases. but a very good copy with mostly bright, crisp images. This is a really nice book with crisp images, unfortunely the one is missing. Each of the images has a tissue sheet and we don't see a stub where the one image is lacking.... but it is what it is. One write up would suggest that ths was co-authored by Jos. Strascewicz. The plates are lithographs from engravings by Greyedon, Mme. Fauchery, Barin, Maurer, Deveria, Desmaisons, et. al., after Gerard, Holbein, Isabey, David, Mme Lebrun, Nattier, et. al. Includes biographies and images of: Maria Letizia Ramolini Bonaparte, Ann Zingha, Queen of Matamba, Lady Jane Grey, Dona Cataline De Erauso, Beatrix Cenci, Catherine the first Queen of Russia, Anna Boleyn, Baroness de… Read More