75-COCHELET (Louise). Mémoires sur la Reine Hortense et la famille impériale. By Mademoiselle Cochelet, Lectrice de la Reine (Madame Parquin). Second edition. Paris, Ladvocat, 1841, 4 vols. in-8, glazed red half calf, smooth spine decorated throughout (Romantic binding). Second edition as uncommon as the first. "Mémoires de la lectrice de la reine Hortense, rich in anecdotes about the end of the Empire. Its authenticity was questioned in the Journal des Débats when it was first published. It was attributed to F. According to Gavoty, Queen Hortense used the papers left by her friend Louise to compose the Cochelet memoirs with Valérie Masuyer. This is the hypothesis Jean Hanoteau seems to accept, based on V. Masuyer's recollections in his edition of the Mémoires de la reine Hortense" (Tulard, 333). The end of volume 3 and volume 4 deal with Queen Hortense's exile after the Empire. Bertier, 784 bis. A fine copy. Armorial bookplate Alix. Some foxing.