Gold-stamped initials of Josephine, vicomtesse de Beauharnais (1763-1814)

Stamped in gold at the bottom of the spine of this French translation of the Satires of Persius (1771) are the initials "J.B.", for Josephine, vicomtesse de Beauharnais, later consort of Napoleon Bonaparte and empress of France.

Donated by Hugh Gatty.