8vo. 32pp. Original publisher's printed salmon paper wrappers. Extremities a trifle toned and spotted. Internally clean and crisp.

A rare survival of a mid-nineteenth century exhibition catalogue for Madame Tussaud & Sons' wax museum. The guide provides succinct biographies of the historic figures rendered for the attraction, primarily comprising the most prominent members of the contemporary British Royal family, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert being the natural highlights. Several notable participants of the Napoleonic Wars are represented, including the French Emperor - with much made of the recent addition of the 'Golden Chamber', a room housing artefacts recovered from the field of Waterloo and affects once in Napoleon's possession - including his coronation robe and the blood-stained counterpane used on the camp-bed on which he died.