César Henri Guillaume, comte de LA LUZERNE
Mémoire envoyé le 18 juin 1790, au comité des rapports de l'Assemblée nationale
Imprimerie Royale (1640-1792)|Paris 1790|20 x 25.5 cm|Relié
First edition of considerable rarity, not recorded by Sabin (who mentions an octavo edition) nor by Monglond.
Title, 117 pp., 67 pp., 2 unnumbered leaves of tables, 84 pp. and one folding plate comprising the appendices. Pages 15 to 22 are taken up by an unpaginated "État des Réunions poursuivies à Saint Domingue, & sur lesquelles est intervenu Jugement pendant les années 1785, 1786, 1787 & 1788."
Contemporary quarter marbled calf over marbled paper boards, vellum-tipped corners, modern flat spine gilt with decorative tools and roll-tooled dentelle motifs, red shagreen label, marbled edges.
Count César Henri Guillaume de La Luzerne (1737–1799), governor of the island of
€3,000