Mémoires de M. de Bourrienne, ministre d'état ; sur Napoléon, le Directoire, le Consulat, l'Empire et la Restauration

First edition of these important memoirs by a close companion and comrade-in-arms of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Contemporary full black boards, finely executed in imitation of full sheep. Smooth spines decorated with blind fillets and tools.

Some scattered foxing; a light marginal water stain to the final leaves of volume 8. A few traces of rubbing. In volume 1, following the title page and preliminary leaves, a pale yellow water stain extending from the upper margin toward the centre of the leaf throughout the volume. In volume 2, a moisture ring gradually intensifying from page 330 to the end. Occasional foxing.

A good set in its original bindings.