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Second shelf is complete (for now). These are a mix of memoirs that I had and ones I’ve inherited. I will go into the individual books later.

Second photo is my copies of the memoirs of the duchess’s D’Abrantes. These are gorgeous books, (I have one duplicate hence the four volumes instead of three) but in rough shape. I keep them though because they are beautiful (to me).

Third photo: Set I inherited from my friend. First two books are Memoirs from the Court of St. Cloud, the next three are memoirs of Empress Josephine by Madame Ducrest, the last two are Memoirs from the Court of Berlin.

Fourth and last photo: the four light colored spines are the Memoirs of Barras that I inherited. The dark blue book titled “My Memoirs: Princes Caroline Murat” is mine. The next book is the complete Memoirs of Madame de Remusat (I inherited) and the last three are Meneval’s that I inherited in this collection.

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The Second Usurpation of Buonaparte, Edmund Boyce, 1816

Volumes I and II

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Circumstantial Narrative of the Campaign in Russia, Eugene Labaume, 1817

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Foreign Quarterly Review, Volume XI, January-April 1833

Section in here titled “Murat’s Sketch of the United States”

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This book has lost its covers but the spine is in great condition.

The Annual Biography and Obituary For The Year 1822, 1822

There is a whole section dedicated to Napoleon.

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Another antique book.

Letters Written On Board His Majesty’s ship the Northumberland and at Saint Helena in which the conduct and conversations of Napoleons Buonaparte and his suite, William Warden, 1817

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Napoleonic frisbee anyone?

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Day 4 of the new collection: a framed advertisement with Napoleon selling Yankee Soap. From Harper’s Magazine Advertiser.

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Last post for the day: this is another treasure I inherited and is possibly one of my favorite things ever. I remember when she bought this and told me about it.

This is a metal ink well of Napoleon’s tomb. You can see his hat resting on the top of the lid. Lift the lid and there is a portion that was used for ink, one of the jars is missing. Lift that portion and there is Napoleon laying dead inside.

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One of the treasures I’ve gotten from the inherited collection: pressed leaves from Malmaison.

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Book shelf tour. As you can imagine, trying to make room for the books I’ve inherited and the ones that already belong to me has been a challenge and stressful.

This top shelf I’ve redone.

Do you want me to continue to share the books I find or is that boring? Let me know.

The first photo is just the shelf as a whole.

Second photo: These are all the antique books so far. I have the 1802 book and also found a set that was written in 1816 (I think my brain is tired and I don’t have the books in front of me). I can share those if you’d like a more detailed look at them. I’m still gobsmacked that I have these in my collection now.

The third photo is the second part of that shelf. These are the start of the memoir section. I’ve decided to arrange my books by subject matter and this is the current section I am working on.

The little white books are the memoirs of Caulaincourt, as you will remember my friend studied him specifically. I have something like three different editions of his memoirs from her collection.

The next three books are my set of Constant’s memoirs.

The next four dark books are my set of memoirs from Bourrienne. The last three are a different edition of Bourrienne’s memoirs that came from her collection.