Memoirs of

Queen Hortense

Mother of Napoleon III

by Sir Lascelles Wraxall and Robert Wehran

London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1864. A new edition, first thus with two volumes in one binding. 5" x 7 3/4", 436 page book bound in red leather and cloth with five raised spine bands. The title, decoration, and date on the spine are stamped in gilt. Frontis plate portrait of Hortense.

A Fair copy. The front cover and front fly leaf are nearly detached, being held on only by a string at the upper edge. The lower spine is pulling away from the text block. Rubs/frays to the book's corners and spine tips. Former owner's book plate on front endpaper. The fly leafs are tanned.