[MEMOIRS OF EMPIRE]. Set of memoirs of the Empire : - BAUSSET (Louis François Joseph). Anecdotal memoirs on the interior of the palace and on some events of the Empire since 1805 until May 1, 1814 to serve the history of Napoleon. Paris : Baudoin frères, 1827-1829. - 4 volumes in-8, half havana calf, smooth spine decorated, yellow speckled edges (period binding). First edition illustrated with six engravings out of text and eight plates including 123 facsimiles of autographs. A fine copy in contemporary binding. Damage to the spine of the third volume. Some foxing. - FOY (Maximilien-Sébastien). Histoire de la guerre de la péninsule sous Napoléon, précédés d'un tableau politique et militaire des puissances belligérantes... Publiés par Mme la comtesse Foy. Paris : Boudouin frères, 1828. - 4 volumes in-8, half black morocco, smooth spine decorated, gilt head, untrimmed (period binding). Third edition including 8 facsimiles out of text and a folding table. A very nice copy in contemporary binding. Without the atlas. Some foxing. - SAINT ELME (Ida). Memoirs of a contemporary, or memories of a woman on the main characters of the Republic, the Consulate, the Empire, etc. Paris : Ladvocat, 1827. - 8 volumes in-8, havana half calf, smooth spine decorated (period binding). First edition of the memoirs of Ida de Saint Elme (1776-1845), born Maria Johanna Elselina Versfelt in Lith, Belgium, known for having been a courtesan, spy and mistress of numerous Napoleon's officers. According to some scholars, this work is apocryphal. The edition is illustrated with an out-of-text portrait of the author in 1828 and a plate reproducing a marble representing her at 19 years old. The first two volumes are marked "Second Edition". A fine copy in contemporary binding. Scattered foxing. - SAINT ELME (Ida). The Contemporary in Egypt. To follow the Souvenirs d'une femme, sur les principaux personnages de la République, du Consulat, de l'Empire et de la Restauration. Paris : Ladvocat, 1831. - 6 volumes in-8, havana half calf, smooth spine decorated (Favre-Petit-Mermet). First edition. Of the six volumes, only the first four are devoted to Egypt, the last two to Malta and Algeria which had just been conquered. Good copy in modern binding.