294 - [VENDÉE]. Secret correspondence from Charette, Stofflet, Puisaye, Cormatin, d'Autichamp, Bernier, Frotté, Scépeaux, and Botherel; from the Pretender, the former Count d’Artois, their Ministers and Agents, and other Vendéens, Chouans, and French émigrés....

[VENDÉE]. Secret correspondence from Charette, Stofflet, Puisaye, Cormatin, d'Autichamp, Bernier, Frotté, Scépeaux, and Botherel; from the Pretender, the former Count d’Artois, their Ministers and Agents, and other Vendéens, Chouans, and French émigrés.... First edition in a contemporary binding of this important correspondence on the Vendée uprising. Paris, published by F. Buisson, Year VII of the French Republic (1799). 2 volumes in 1 in-8 volume, half-fauve basane, smooth spine decorated with smooth and dotted gold fillets, orange leather title label. 2 unnumbered folios and 285 pages—2 folios, pp. 288–647; frontispiece featuring an engraved portrait of Charette. Normal wear and scuffing on the binding; some foxing and water stains. First edition of this comprehensive work published under the Directory based on military documents and correspondence seized by the Republican armies. The collection lifts the veil on the behind-the-scenes workings of the counterrevolution: the strategic differences among the rebel leaders, the administration of the Vendée Civil Code, the secret negotiations, and the financial support from England and the Count of Artois. A fine copy in a contemporary binding.