GUADELOUPE. - FRASANS (Hippolyte de) and LANGLOIS]. Memorandum for the brigade chief Magloire Pélage, and for the inhabitants of Guadeloupe, charged, by this colony, with the provisional administration, after the departure of captain-general Lacrosse, in the month of brumaire year 10. Paris, Desenne, Petit, Le Normant, Veuve Dufresne, An IX - 1803. 2 volumes in-8, brown calfskin, gilt roulette, smooth spine decorated, red title and greefs, smooth edges (Binding of the time). Sabin n°25674. ORIGINAL EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT WORK FOR THE HISTORY OF THE GUADELOUPE REBELLION OF 1801, of which Magloire Pélage was one of the main actors. Rusty stains in the margins of the faux-title and the title in volume II, caused by the return of the skin to the upper back cover. Binding heavily restored in places.

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