GUSSETED PORTFOLIO FROM ANTOINE DUBOIS, EMPRESS MARIE-LOUISE'S ACOUCHEUR In long-grained red morocco, marked in gold on the front cover with the date "1811", the imperial coat of arms and the N under the crown. Inside, compartments for each month of the year. Brass clasp (traces of silver plating). 30 x 16 cm Good condition (wear and small stains) Provenance : - Valérie Masuyer, lady-in-waiting to Queen Hortense; - According to the archives of the Napoleonic Museum in Monaco, this portfolio attributed to the Emperor Napoleon I was collected by her from Antoine Dubois, the Emperor's doctor and the Empress's midwife; - Former Napoleonic collection from the Palais Princier de Monaco (2nd sale, lot 71) Exhibition : Exhibited in 1965 in the Salle d'Honneur of the Hôtel National des Invalides as part of an exhibition by the Association pour l'Encouragement des Etudes Napoléoniennes. Related works: This type of crowned N can be found on objects of imperial provenance dating from the end of the First Empire. A gusseted porte document from Antoine Dubois, Empress Marie-Louise's obstetrician doctor