Memoirs of Constant, the Emperor Napoleon's head valet : containing details of the private life of Napoleon, his family and his court now first translated by Percy Pinkerton. In four volumes.
Louis Constant Wairy (1778 - 1845)
Category
Books
Date
1896
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3223125
Summary
Bibliographic description
4 v. : fronts. (ports.) ; 26 cm. Bookseller's ticket in vol. 1 "Harrison & Sons, Booksellers and Stationers to the Queen, 59 Pall Mall S.W." Provenance: Nineteenth-century[?] badge bookplate, lettered "Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest" [i.e. Lord Herbert Lionel Henry Vane-Tempest (1862-1921), youngest son of George 5th Marquess of Londonderry and Mary Cornelia Edwards]. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's full red cloth, single gilt fillet forming a border, gilt monogram centre-piece on upper cover, gilt lettering on spine.
Makers and roles
Louis Constant Wairy (1778 - 1845) , author Percy Pinkerton, editor