{"product_id":"memoirs-of-the-empress-josephine-two-volume-set-by-madame-ducrest-1894","title":"“Memoirs of the Empress Josephine” Two-Volume Set by Madame Ducrest (1894)","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"695\" data-start=\"88\"\u003eAn elegant late-19th-century two-volume set of \u003cem data-end=\"169\" data-start=\"135\"\u003eMemoirs of the Empress Josephine\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"1128\" data-start=\"697\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"708\" data-start=\"697\"\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e London, England, 1894. Published by H. S. Nichols \u0026amp; Co., Soho Square.\u003cbr data-end=\"781\" data-start=\"778\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-is-only-node=\"\" data-end=\"794\" data-start=\"781\"\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Half leather bindings with gilt tooling and blue cloth boards; printed pages with engraved illustration plates.\u003cbr data-end=\"952\" data-start=\"949\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"966\" data-start=\"952\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wear consistent with age including rubbing to leather and minor wear to cloth boards; interiors remain clean with illustrated plates present and bindings intact.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gladys Avenue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42601693118551,"sku":null,"price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0577\/3505\/3399\/files\/74_0aa17bc7-1141-4d77-9827-0ce04652df47.jpg?v=1773198528","url":"https:\/\/gladysavenue.com\/products\/memoirs-of-the-empress-josephine-two-volume-set-by-madame-ducrest-1894","provider":"Gladys Avenue","version":"1.0","type":"link"}