Memoirs of the Courts of Europe, in Sixteen Volumes [of Seventeen]: Memoirs of Marie Antoinette; Memoirs of the Courts of Berlin and St. Petersburg; Memoirs of Emma, Lady Hamilton, the Friend of Lord Nelson, and the Court of Naples; Memoirs of the Empres…

Green, brown, red, and blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Color and half-tone frontispieces, half-tone plates. An important collection of biographies of the nobility and aristocracy in Europe, compiled from writings and correspondence by members of the court and their staff. Includes an inside look at the courts of Empress Josephine, Napoleon, the French, German, and Austrian royal families, and Louis XIV and XV.