[BEAUHARNAIS, HORTENSE DE]. Romances, mises en musique par Hortense, Duchesse de Saint Leu, ex-reine de Hollande. N.p., n.d. [London, c.1824?]. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with AUTOGRAPHS including: Hortense (ALS), Louis Bonaparte (LS, AES) Eugne de Beauharnais (AES), Napoleon III (LS), 24 hand-colored engraved fashion plates, and 19 engraved portraits (11 hand-colored). Oblong 4to, reddish-brown morocco gilt, upper cover gilt with green morocco onlay, g.e., stamp-signed on lower turn-in: "CHAMBOLLE-DURU"; ivory morocco doublures gilt with green and purple morocco onlay, green patterned silk linings; slipcase.

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[BEAUHARNAIS, HORTENSE DE]. Romances, mises en musique par Hortense, Duchesse de Saint Leu, ex-reine de Hollande. N.p., n.d. [London, c.1824?]. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with AUTOGRAPHS including: Hortense (ALS), Louis Bonaparte (LS, AES) Eugne de Beauharnais (AES), Napoleon III (LS), 24 hand-colored engraved fashion plates, and 19 engraved portraits (11 hand-colored). Oblong 4to, reddish-brown morocco gilt, upper cover gilt with green morocco onlay, g.e., stamp-signed on lower turn-in: "CHAMBOLLE-DURU"; ivory morocco doublures gilt with green and purple morocco onlay, green patterned silk linings; slipcase.
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