184-HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS. Memoirs. Pub. by Prince Napoléon with notes by Jean Hanoteau. Paris, Plon, 1927, 3 vol. in-8, XIX-369-391-400 pp, numerous portraits, 1 facsimile, bibliography, index, half-maroquin chataigne with corners, spine ribbed with cold decoration, gilt head, cover and spine preserved (Saulnier). First edition. 1/200 copies on pur fil. Tulard, 707: "These first-rate memoirs on Josephine, the Tuileries, Louis Bonaparte in Holland and the exile were written around 1820. Their authenticity is indisputable. We mustn't lose sight of the purpose of these memoirs: to justify Joséphine on the one hand, and Hortense on the other, in her marital difficulties with Louis. Jean Hanoteau's critical apparatus is remarkable." A fine copy.