206 - Jean-Claude BALLOUHEY (1764–1846),

Jean-Claude BALLOUHEY (1764–1846), Treasurer to Empress Joséphine. “An erroneous statement, later corrected, concerning the memory of Her Majesty Empress Joséphine.” In-8 format, bound in full green sheepskin, with a title label and a border of fillets and scrolls with gilded corners, 1841. An interesting manuscript concerning the correction obtained by Mr. Jean-Claude Ballouhey from Count de Las Cases regarding an error in the *Memorial of St. Helena* pertaining to the memory of Her Majesty Empress Josephine; a subsequent correction to the letter addressed to Count Lavalette by Mr. Ballouhey on May 16, 1827; a correction by Count de Las Cases of an excerpt relating to a passage in the *Memorial of St. Helena*, 1823 edition; a copy of an exchange of letters between General Tascher de La Pagerie and Mr. Ballouhey; and a copy of an exchange of letters between the Marquis de Beauharnais and Mr. Ballouhey. Extremely rare; few copies are known to exist, one formerly in the collection of the Princes of Monaco, another held by the city of Besançon. Background Jean-Claude Ballouhey (1764–1846) served as Intendant of Finance to Empresses Josephine and Marie-Louise during the Empire, and later accompanied the latter to the Duchy of Parma, where he became a member of the Privy Council and Minister of Finance.