38-BLONDIN D'ABANCOURT (G.-I.). Eleven years of emigration. Memoirs of Chevalier Blondin d'Abancourt, adjutant-major of the Cents-Suisses, Chevalier de Saint-Louis, 1791-1830. Pub. by his grand-nephew, Blondin de Saint-Hilaire, and followed by a history of the Compagnie des Cent-Suisses since Charles VIII. Paris, Picard, 1897, in-8, 2 ff. n. ch., 136 pp. half-brown morocco, ribbed spine, gilt fillets, marbled head (period binding). First and only rare edition. "Having emigrated as early as September 1791, Blondin d'Abancourt first went to Coblence, joined Condé's army, then emigrated to England and Portugal from 1795. He recounts the ups and downs of his life until his return to France in 1802" (Fierro). The second part of the memoirs deals with the Restoration, and in particular the return of Louis XVIII. The appendix is devoted to the history of the Compagnie des Cent-Suisses and the publication of documents about them. A fine copy. Fierro, 165. Tulard, 171. Bertier, 128.