LE BOUVIER-DESMORTIERS. Vie du général Charrette, commandant en chef des armées catholiques et royales dans la Vendée. Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1809. 2 volumes in an in-8 volume, fawn root calf, Greek border, ornate spine, red parts (Binding of the period). First edition of this Réfutation des calomnies publiés contre le général Charrette, the title under which the work was also published. It features a fine frontispiece portrait of Charrette, and is dedicated to his daughter. Damage to upper cover.

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