*JUVÉNAL - PERSE. Satires by Juvenal and Perse, translated into French verse, with notes ; By F. Duboys-Lamolignère. Paris: Ch. Pougens, Colas, An IX (1801). - In-8, 196 x 123: (2 ff.), XXIV, 197, x, 39 pp. (1 blank f.). Red morocco, gilt roulette framing the boards, ornate smooth spine, gilt PB monogram on tail, gilt inner roulette, gilt edges (period binding). First edition, dedicated to Bonaparte premier consul, of the translation given by Dubois de Lamolignière, former advisor to the superior council of Saint-Domingue, of the Satires of Juvenal and Perse. The work also features an interesting preface and notes for each satire. EXEMPLAIRE OF JOSÉPHINE, IMPERATRICE OF THE FRENCH (1763-1814), with the monogram PB on the tail of the spine, from the Malmaison. The PB monogram appeared around 1798. Anne Lamort reports in the 2008 Gérard Souham sale catalog: "A recent analysis proposed a new reading: the association of B and P would have been a coded political message playing with the words Buona Parte, le Bon Parti (Cf. Livres précieux du Musée de la Malmaison, pp. 63-66). Although intellectually pleasing, this analysis seems indefensible, if we stick to the strict presentation of the numeral: the P placed before the B naturally refers to Josephine's names before and after her marriage to Pagerie Bonaparte... According to Mouravit, in Napoléon bibliophile, this monogram was inspired by a batch of volumes offered by Pauline to her brother on his departure for Egypt. These volumes were stamped with Pauline Bonaparte's initials on the spine and would have formed the core of the Malmaison library" (Anne Lamort, in: "Collection Gérard Souham", sale December 7 2008, no. 21). Copy on vellum paper, very well preserved despite discreet and skilful restorations to the corners and a small loss to the upper edge of the first cover. Provenance: A. Roux, Montbéliard, with bookplate.