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BOURBON (island of). - BOUVET DE LOZIER (Athanase). Memoir of General Count Bouvet, on his administration of the Island of Bourbon, during the years 1815, 1816 and 1817. Paris, Dentu, December 1819. In-8, brown half calf with small vellum corners, smooth spine decorated (Modern binding). First edition, very rare: only 2 copies have been located in public collections (BnF and Rouen). Answer of general Bouvet de Lozier (1770-1825) to the slanders made against him concerning his governance of the island of Bourbon from 1815 to 1817: Under my command, the island of Bourbon has been entirely preserved from all the calamities that accompanied and followed the disastrous 20th of March, from internal troubles and from foreign invasion. [...] Also, attacked in the wisest measures of my administration, I answered to whom it was due, I opposed the evidence to the absurdity. [...] But my silence became a weapon against me; I was even provoked in foreign newspapers. [...] Attacked publicly, I must make the truth known publicly. I will therefore say what happened in Bourbon during the time of my command. Occupied by the English since 1810, the island of Bourbon (Reunion Island) had become French again in 1815. Small wet stamp at the foot of the title: N. de Trévise.
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BOURBON (island of). - BOUVET DE LOZIER (Athanase). Memoir of General Count Bouvet, on his administration of the Island of Bourbon, during the years 1815, 1816 and 1817. Paris, Dentu, December 1819. In-8, brown half calf with small vellum corners, smooth spine decorated (Modern binding). First edition, very rare: only 2 copies have been located in public collections (BnF and Rouen). Answer of general Bouvet de Lozier (1770-1825) to the slanders made against him concerning his governance of the island of Bourbon from 1815 to 1817: Under my command, the island of Bourbon has been entirely preserved from all the calamities that accompanied and followed the disastrous 20th of March, from internal troubles and from foreign invasion. [...] Also, attacked in the wisest measures of my administration, I answered to whom it was due, I opposed the evidence to the absurdity. [...] But my silence became a weapon against me; I was even provoked in foreign newspapers. [...] Attacked publicly, I must make the truth known publicly. I will therefore say what happened in Bourbon during the time of my command. Occupied by the English since 1810, the island of Bourbon (Reunion Island) had become French again in 1815. Small wet stamp at the foot of the title: N. de Trévise.
