293-PELLEPORT (Pierre de). Souvenirs militaires et intimes, de 1793 à 1853. Published by his son on original manuscripts, letters, notes and official documents left by the author. Paris, Didier et Cie, Bordeaux, Chaumas, 1857, 2 vol. in-8, VII-298 pp. and 277 pp. with frontispiece portrait, 14 maps, 2 facsimiles and 1 folding table, half-havane chagrin, spine with false nerves, gilt fillets (period binding). First edition. Excellent and rare memoirs of the campaigns of the Revolution, Pyrenees-Orientales, Italy, Egypt and Syria, and of the Empire, Germany, Prussia and Poland, Russia, Saxony and France. Fierro, 1142 and Tulard, 1128. Also worth consulting for the history of the Restoration (Bertier, 794). In Egypt, Pelleport took part in the capture of Alexandria and the Battle of the Pyramids. He was also part of the Syrian expedition. On his return to Egypt, he took part in the Battle of Aboukir. He returned from the expedition as a captive of the English. De Meulenaere, 161-162. A good copy.