MASSON Frederic, L'Imperatrice Marie-Louise.

L'Imperatrice Marie-Louise.

Illustrations d'apres des documents contemporains. Exemplaire sur papier de Rives. Planches imprimees en camaieux divers. Frontispice en couleurs. paris 1902. goupil & Cie. Mnzi, Joyant & Cie. 4, pp. [4], 426, [2], 51 illustrations (illus.), bound in period, carton. case.
Beautiful period binding. Green leather covers, brown spine; binding with rich gilt decorations and inscriptions, empress's coat of arms on the face, rich gilt on the spine. Piece printed on Rives paper. Top edge of pages gilt, illustrations protected by tissue paper. Good condition. comprehensive work on Marie Louise (1791-1847), second wife of Napoleon I and mother of Napoleon II. Empress of the French from 1811 to 1814, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla; by noted French historian Frederic Masson (1847-1923). An edition of 1000 numbered copies, this one no. 166.