Charles-Marie-François MALENFANT
Des Colonies, et particulièrement de celle de Saint-Domingue ; mémoire historique et politique ou l'on trouvera : 1° Un exposé impartial des causes et un précis historique des guerres civiles qui ont rendu cette dernière colonie indépendante ; 2° Des considérations sur les moyens de la rattacher à la métropole, d'y ramener une paix durable, d'en rétablir et accroître la prospérité
[On the Colonies, and Particularly that of Saint-Domingue; a Historical and Political Memoir in which will be Found: 1. An Impartial Account of the Causes and a Historical Summary of the Civil Wars which Rendered that Colony Independent; 2. Considerations on the Means of Reuniting it to the Metropolis, of Restoring Lasting Peace, and of Re-establishing and Increasing its Prosperity]
Paris 1814|14 x 21.8 cm|Relié
First edition. (cf Sabin, 44114. Duvivier, Haïti, II 92.)
Bound in Havana sheep, spine with five raised bands framed by blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of marbled paper, original plain blue wrappers preserved, later binding.
A rare and appealing copy.
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