LAROCHEJAQUELEIN, MARIE-LOUISE VICTOIRE
Mémoires de madame la marquise de Larochejaquelein. Avec deux cartes du théatre de la guerre de la Vendée. Seconde édition, revue et corrigée. 2 parts in 1 volume.
Paris, LG Michaud, 1815.
With two fold-out coloured maps. 252, 242 pp. Halfcloth with marbled covers. *some foxing otherwise good condition*
J.M. Quérard. Les supercheries littéraires (...). Paris, 1869, p. 666 (edition 1837). The first edition appeared in 1815. The book was edited by the Marquise de Barante (A.G.P. Brugière).
'Marie-Louise Victoire was the wife of Count Henri Duverger Larochejaquelein. He was since 1793 the leader of the rebellion in the Vendée. He triumphed at Condé and Château-Gonthier, later also at Antrain, but he tried in vain to get hold of Angers. He has been defeated at La Flècheon on december 21st 1793. Historische W.P. encyclopedie. Amsterdam, 1958, 2, p. 670
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