274-MOREAU DE JONNES (Alexandre). Aventures de guerre au temps de la République et du Consulat. Paris, Pagnerre, 1858, 2 vol. in-8, 464 pp. and 434 pp. half red morocco, ribbed spine, gilt fillets, marbled head, cover preserved (period binding). First edition. Tulard, 1063: "Known as the author of statistics on agriculture and industry, Moreau de Jonnès was also a young naval artillery soldier who took part in the French West Indian War, and a storyteller whose verve was close to that of Marbot and Alexandre Dumas. There are useful references to Fort-de-France and Saint-Pierre in 1802 (ch. XVII-XVIII), as well as to the breach of the Peace of Amiens. The story ends in 1805." "In his recollections, he recounts various episodes in Parisian history: the Tuileries in 1791, the Champ de Mars on July 17 of the same year, and the day of August 10, 1792. A volunteer in the Ille-et-Vilaine battalion in 1792, he found himself in Brest, then Toulon, at the Quiberon affair, then in the West Indies and the Irish expedition." (Fierro, 1075). A fine copy.