Memoirs of Constant, the Emperor Napoleon's head valet : containing details of the private life of Napoleon, his family and his court /
Louis Constant Wairy (1778 - 1845)
Category
Books
Date
1896
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3200843
Summary
Bibliographic description
4 v. : fronts. (ports.) ; 26 cm. Loosely inserted pencil drawing in vol. 2: two soldiers outside "bivouac", inscribed "unfinished"; one in foreground washing or shaving. Provenance: armorial bookplate with eagle supporters and motto, Nil sistere contra, Sir Arthur Nicolson, Bt. [Arthur Nicolson, first Baron Carnock (1849–1928)]. Binding: red publisher's cloth, gold lettered spine, gold cover motif.
Makers and roles
Louis Constant Wairy (1778 - 1845) Percy Pinkerton