Private memoirs of the Court of Napoleon : and of some publick events of the Imperial reign, from 1805 to the first of May 1814 : to serve as a contribution to the history of Napoleon / by L.F.J. De Bausset, former prefect of the Imperial Palace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bausset-Roquefort, Louis François Joseph, baron de, 1770-1833.

Contributor:

Vaux, George, 1908-1996., Former owner.

Gaston, Kate., Former owner.

Vaux Bequest., Donor.

Carey, Lea & Carey., Publisher.

G. & C. Carvill (Firm), Publisher.

Munroe & Francis., Publisher.

Griggs & Dickinson., Printer.

American Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.

Napoleon.

Conversation lexicon.

France--History--Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815.

France.

Physical Description:

xiv, [1], 10-435 p. ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Spine label: Baussett's Napoleon

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Carey--Chesnut Street; New York : sold by G. & C. Carvill; Boston : [sold] by Munroe & Francis., 1828.

Notes:

"Translated from the French."

Copyright May 31st, 1828 by Carey, Lea & Carey.

"Griggs & Dickinson, printers, Whitehall"--T.p. verso.

Publisher's advertisement, initial p. [iii].

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy is bequest of George Vaux, 1996.

Athenaeum copy: The Vaux bequest of 1996 consists of books from the library of the prominent Philadelphia Quaker family established in America by James Vaux (1748-1812), who emigrated in 1771. Most of the books are inscribed by George Vaux VII (1779-1836), George Vaux VIII (1832-1915), George Vaux Jr. (1863-1927), and the donor George Vaux (1908-1996).

Athenaeum copy: Free front endpaper inscribed as: Kate Gaston. Philadelphia, [illegible], 8th, 1836.

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