CHAUVEAU, Pierre-Joseph-Olivier. Life of Charles-Melchior-Artus, Marquis

CHAUVEAU, Pierre-Joseph-Olivier. Life of Charles-Melchior-Artus, Marquis de Bonchamps, Vendée General. Paris: Published by Bleuet and Lenormant, 1817. In-8 (20 x 13 cm), 19th-century binding in brown half-basane, spine decorated with gilt metal tools, pasted-on title label. Spine faded, slight scuffing. First edition of one of the very first biographies of the Vendée general Charles Bonchamps (1760–1793), famous for having pardoned nearly 5,000 Republican soldiers following the Battle of

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