Cussy, Ferdinand cornot de. Souvenirs of Chevalier de Cussy, bodyguard, diplomat and consul general. 1795-1866. Published in Paris by Plon-Nourrit in 1909. First edition In 2 volumes of format In octavo / In-8 à la bradel. Purple percaline. Smooth spines decorated with gilded fillets and title. iv; 417 - 426 pages, with heliogravure portrait. Complete set in 2 volumes, with bookplate from the Library of Princess Antoine Radziwill. Covers slightly worn, spine unstained, some rubbing to boards, corners and edges dulled. Fresh interior, no foxing. A fine set. Ferdinand de Cussy was successively aide-de-camp to General Baron Janssens during the French campaign, bodyguard to Louis XVIII, diplomat and Consul General, and author of several esteemed works. These reminiscences, published by Comte Mac de Germiny, cover the First Restoration and the Hundred Days; embassy in Berlin (where he rubbed shoulders with Chateaubriand); then Dresden; Bucharest; Corfu. The book ends with Napoleon III's coup d'état.