77-COLBERT. Traditions et souvenirs ou mémoires touchant le temps et la vie du général Auguste Colbert, 1793-1809 ; par N.-J. Colbert, marquis de Chabannais. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1863-1874, 5 strong vol. gr. in-8, 16 h.-t. maps and plans, green morocco, monogrammed ribbed spine, arms on boards, gilt edges, inner lace (Trautz-Bauzonnet). First edition These memoirs were written by his son from the general's papers. Crucial testimony on the Vendée, the Italian campaign, the capture of Malta (vol. 1), the Egyptian expedition (vol. 1 and the whole of vol. 2), operations in the Tyrol (vol. 3), the Prussian and Polish campaigns (vols. 4 and 5) and the Spanish war, where Colbert de Chabannais died in battle. Fierro, 338. De Meulenaere, 47-48. Tulard,338. An exceptional copy printed on laid paper with the Colbert family coat of arms, and its cipher on the spine. Spine slightly faded.