MEMOIRES POUR SERVIR A L'HISTOIRE DE LA REVOLUTION DE SAINT-DOMINGUE PAR LE LIEUTENANT-GENERAL BARON PAMPHILE DE LACROIX AVEC UN CARTE NOUVELLE DE L'ILE ET UN PLAN TOPOGRAPHIQUE DE LA CRETE-A-PIERROT [CT IN 2 VOLS]
by Pamphile De Lacroix Lieutenant Général - Baron
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Port-au-prince: Chex Pillet Aine. Good with no dust jacket. 1820. Second Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xv, 417; 351 pages; Complete in two volumes. Memoires pour servir a l'histoire de la revolution de saint-domingue par le lieutenant-general baron pamphile de lacroix avec un carte nouvelle de l'ile et un plan topographique de la crete-a-pierrot [ MEMORIES TO SERVE THE HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTION OF SANTO DOMINGO IN THE LIEUTENANT-GENERAL BARON DE LACROIX PAMPHILE WITH A NEW MAP OF THE ISLAND AND A TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF THE PEAK-A-PIERROT] French language text. See Leclerc 2816 and Sabin 38496. Attempted suppression of the actions of Toussaint Louverture in the Negro rebellion. Later 1/2 red calf leather over marbled boards. Moderately heavy toning with scattered light foxing. Some repaired worming to text. Binding solid and attractive. Photographed in owner's plastic covers. Title page of vol I repaired and pp415-417 of Table des Matieres supplied on typed leaves, also pp351-2- no doubt bound in with later binding. Foldout data chart and foldout map of Crete a Pierrot engraved by Lapie. Two unidentified signatures, one contemporary and one a little later, on back of half-titles. Deals with the military campaign as well as France's mis-management of the colony. ; Signed by Contributor .
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- MEMOIRES POUR SERVIR A L'HISTOIRE DE LA REVOLUTION DE SAINT-DOMINGUE PAR LE LIEUTENANT-GENERAL BARON PAMPHILE DE LACROIX AVEC UN CARTE NOUVELLE DE L'ILE ET UN PLAN TOPOGRAPHIQUE DE LA CRETE-A-PIERROT [CT IN 2 VOLS]
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- Pamphile De Lacroix Lieutenant Général - Baron
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket
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- Second Edition
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- Chex Pillet Aine
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- Port-au-prince
- Date Published
- 1820
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