“Memoirs of the Empress Josephine” Two-Volume Set by Madame Ducrest (1894)
An elegant late-19th-century two-volume set of Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, written by Madame Ducrest and published in London in 1894. The work recounts the life and court of Joséphine de Beauharnais—first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte—along with anecdotes from the courts of Navarre and Malmaison. Bound in handsome half leather with gilt-tooled spines and deep blue cloth boards, the volumes feature classic Victorian binding details and engraved portrait plates throughout. A beautiful historical set that brings both literary and decorative appeal to a bookshelf, study, or stacked library vignette.
Origin: London, England, 1894. Published by H. S. Nichols & Co., Soho Square.
Material: Half leather bindings with gilt tooling and blue cloth boards; printed pages with engraved illustration plates.
Condition: Wear consistent with age including rubbing to leather and minor wear to cloth boards; interiors remain clean with illustrated plates present and bindings intact.
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