234-LOUVERTURE (Toussaint). Memoirs, written by himself, which may serve as a history of his life, preceded by a historical and critical study, followed by notes and information, with an appendix containing the opinions of Emperor Napoleon I on events in Saint-Domingue, by Saint-Rémy (des Cayes, Haïti). Paris, Pagnerre, 1853, in-8, 1 f. n.ch.-157 pp. front, plum half-maroquin, ribbed spine decorated with a repeated monogram (period binding). Rare first edition. Tulard, 1427: "The memoirs themselves occupy pages 28 to 101 of the work. Toussaint-Louverture attempts to justify his attitude and blames General Leclerc for the bloody events on the island." Fierro, 1411. The first leaf is a printed dedication by Saint-Rémy to Madame Mistress Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. A fine copy with the Cormenin cipher.