An account of the last illness, decease and post mortem appearances of Napoleon Bonaparte. To which is added a letter from Dr. Arnott to ... Sir Hudson Lowe ... giving a succinct statement of Napoleon Bonaparte's disease and demise.
Arnott, Archibald.
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose,Earl of,1847-1929,former owner.StEdNL: Dur.1225
Broadbent, W. H.(William Henry),Sir,1835-1907,inscriber.StEdNL: Dur.1225
London,
1822.
There is a bookplate on the front pastedown with the Rosebery Coat of Arms surrounded by the motto, "Honi Soit [Qui] Mal Y Pensi" with the initials AR on the bottom indicating that it belonged to Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of Rosebery. Between the front pastedown and the front free endpaper there are two loose letters dated 1699 and 1903 from Sir William H. Broadbent to Rosebery. At the back of the book, afixed to the back free endpaper is a handwritten "Extract from London & Provincial Medical Directory 1856. Obituary" for Archibald Arnott. An article on the post mortem of Napoleon from the Scotsman newspaper for 5 Oct. 1887 is affixed to the back pastedown.