Napoléon Did That

Second shelf is complete (for now). These are a mix of memoirs that I had and ones I’ve inherited. I will go into the individual books later.

Second photo is my copies of the memoirs of the duchess’s D’Abrantes. These are gorgeous books, (I have one duplicate hence the four volumes instead of three) but in rough shape. I keep them though because they are beautiful (to me).

Third photo: Set I inherited from my friend. First two books are Memoirs from the Court of St. Cloud, the next three are memoirs of Empress Josephine by Madame Ducrest, the last two are Memoirs from the Court of Berlin.

The Second Usurpation of Buonaparte, Edmund Boyce, 1816

Foreign Quarterly Review, Volume XI, January-April 1833

This book has lost its covers but the spine is in great condition.

The Annual Biography and Obituary For The Year 1822, 1822

Another antique book.

This is a metal ink well of Napoleon’s tomb. You can see his hat resting on the top of the lid. Lift the lid and there is a portion that was used for ink, one of the jars is missing. Lift that portion and there is Napoleon laying dead inside.

Book shelf tour. As you can imagine, trying to make room for the books I’ve inherited and the ones that already belong to me has been a challenge and stressful.

This top shelf I’ve redone.

Do you want me to continue to share the books I find or is that boring? Let me know.

The first photo is just the shelf as a whole.

Second photo: These are all the antique books so far. I have the 1802 book and also found a set that was written in 1816 (I think my brain is tired and I don’t have the books in front of me). I can share those if you’d like a more detailed look at them. I’m still gobsmacked that I have these in my collection now.

The third photo is the second part of that shelf. These are the start of the memoir section. I’ve decided to arrange my books by subject matter and this is the current section I am working on.

The little white books are the memoirs of Caulaincourt, as you will remember my friend studied him specifically. I have something like three different editions of his memoirs from her collection.

The next three books are my set of Constant’s memoirs.