A collection of five antique French books, manuscript, Saint Helena Memorial, New Edition, Or Diary Where There is a Record, Day by Day, of What Napoleon Said and Did For Eighteen Months, by Count de Las Cases. Journal of the private life and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon at Saint Helena. Incomplete collection in five volumes of eight. Published by Lauteur, Paris, 1823. Hardcover. Brown leather over marbled paper covered boards, marble flyleaf, gilding and embossed covers and spines. Inscribed inside. Emmanuel Augustin Dieudonne Joseph, comte de Las Cases, 1766 to 1842, was a French atlas maker and author, famed for an admiring book about Napoleon. Count de Las Cases has to be considered the only person to actually profit personally from exile with Napoleon on St. Helena. Las Cases was the very first to publish an account of Napoleon’s treatment on St. Helena. Antique European French Books, Manuscripts, Historical and Autobiographical, Napoleon Era Books for Collectors. Memorial De Sainte Helene Ou Journal Se Trouve Consigne Jour Par Jour Ce Qu'a Dit Et Fait Napoleon Durant Dixhuit Mois; Par Le Comte De Las Cases. Paris 1823.