173-GROUCHY (Maréchal de). Memoirs. By the Marquis de Grouchy. Paris, Dentu, 1873-1874, 5 vol. in-8, long-grained red half-maroquin à la Bradel, cons. covers (period binding). First and only published edition. A memoir that restores the military value of one of the great warlords of the First Empire. In addition to the justification of his conduct at Waterloo, which occupies the end of volume 3 and volume 4 of the work, the account extends from the events of the Vendée (1793) to the French campaign (1814), where he was seriously wounded. Fierro, 676. Tulard, 655. A fine copy from the Franc-Port library (bookplate).