248-MASUYER (Valérie). Memoirs, letters and papers of Valérie Masuyer, lady-in-waiting to Queen Hortense, with an intro. by J. Bourguignon. Paris, Plon, 1937, in-8, XXXVI-461 pp. 2 plates, brown half-chagrin with corners, spine ribbed, gilt roulette on the ribbing, gilt head, cover preserved (period binding). First edition. 1/58 copies on pur fil paper. Tulard, 975: "Published in fragmentary form in the Revue des Deux Mondes in 1914, these memoirs, fundamental to our knowledge of Queen Hortense, unfortunately do not begin until 1830, but the confidences of Josephine's daughter make frequent returns to the past. Minor rubbing to nerves.