RAMEL, Jean-Pierre. Mémoire de l'adjudant-général Ramel. - Lot 101

RAMEL, Jean-Pierre. Mémoire de l'adjudant-général Ramel. Published in Hamburg, without publisher's name, in 1799. In twelve / In-12 format. Black half-chagrin. Smooth spine decorated with dotted lines, fillets, double fillet boxes with gilt irons, title in gilt letters. 199 + 3 pages. Rubbing to headpieces and spines, corners dulled, some foxing. Second edition of this memoir by Adjutant-General Ramel, on certain facts relating to 18 fructidor (September 4, 1797), on the transport and stay of the sixteen deportees in this colony, and on his escape with Pichegru, Barthelemy, Willot, Aubry, Dossonville, Larue and le Tellier, as well as details on the death of General Murinais, Tronçon-Ducoudray, etc. There are also details of how the coup d'état was carried out, and in particular how its opponents were treated: 328 men were arrested and deported to French Guiana. It also recounts the escape of some of these prisoners, including Adjutant-General Ramel. Ex-libris of the Brun bookshop on the back cover. A good copy.