Memoirs of Constant the Emperor Napoleon’s Head Valet.

WAIRY, Louis Constant [Napoleon].

Item Number: 108553

London: H.S. Nichols, 1896.

Limited edition, one of 5 copies printed on Japanese vellum. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in full contemporary crushed morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt, crimson crushed levant doublures elaborately gilt, green morocco drawer handle onlays, green watered silk endpapers gilt, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I. Translated by Percy Pinkerton. In near fine condition.

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815. Napoleon dominated European and global affairs for more than a decade while leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars. He won most of these wars and the vast majority of his battles, building a large empire that ruled over continental Europe before its final collapse in 1815. One of the greatest commanders in history, his wars and campaigns are studied at military schools worldwide. He also remains one of the most celebrated and controversial political figures in human history.