DOPPET (François Amédée): Mémoires politiques et militaires - Lot 64

DOPPET (François Amédée): Mémoires politiques et militaires du général Doppet, contenant des notices intéressantes & impartiales sur la révolution française, sur les sociétés populaires, sur la révolution des Allobroges & la réunion de la Savoie à la France, (). Carouge, Mont-Blanc department, Jaq. Barth. Spineux, year V of the republic (1797). One volume. 11.5 by 18.5 cm. XII-336 pages. Amateur boards. A few marginal annotations, some foxing on about ten leaves (not serious), otherwise good condition inside. Rare first edition. One of the very first books printed in Carouge, by Spineux. François-Amédée Doppet (1753-1799), a physician, was a victorious soldier. Leader of the Allobroge legion, he took part in the conquest of Savoy (his native country), and participated in the sieges of Lyon and Toulon. With [DOPPET (François Amédée)]: Mémoires de Madame de Warens et de Claude Anet, pour servir de Suite aux Confessions de J.J. Rousseau. First edition. Chambéry and Paris, Leroy, 1786. One volume. 13 by 21 cm. (6)-frontispiece-XVI-237 pages. Paperback, untrimmed, in paper covers. Spine damaged, a few freckles, a small corner stain on the frontispiece. True first edition of this text in defense of Madame de Warens (a counterfeit appeared the same year, with different pagination and without publisher's name). With [DOPPET (François Amédée)]: Vintzenried ou les mémoires du chevalier de Courtille, pour servir de suite aux Mémoires de Madame de Warens, à ceux de Claude Anet, & aux Confessions de J.J. Rousseau. Paris, marchands de nouveautés, 1789. One volume. 10 by 14 cm. XII-139 pages. Paperback, in muted dust jacket. Title dusty, a few small freckles in the last few leaves, otherwise correct condition of the text. First edition of this sequel to Madame de Warens' Mémoires.