325-ROGUET (Michel-Christophe). Mémoires militaires du lieutenant général Comte Roguet, (François), Colonel en second des Grenadiers à pied de la Vieille Garde, Pair de France. Paris, Dumaine, 1862-1865, 4 vol. in-8, burgundy half-maroquin à la Bradel, gilt head, covers and spine preserved (Huser). First and only edition of these memoirs, particularly valuable for military history. Copy on strong paper. Tulard, 1271: "The consular period is covered from Volume II onwards, with the Italian campaign of 1800. This volume covers garrison life in Paris from 1801 to 1803 (a ball at Moreau's, the formation of a library, the city guard, pay, exercises). Volume III covers the formation of the Grande Armée and the campaigns of 1805-1809. Volume IV relates the fall of the Empire. Few stylistic effects, a precise, unresearched account of events". "Roguet began his military career in 1792 in Nice, took part in 1793 in the operations of the Var army and in the siege of Toulon, then from 1794, in the war in Italy" (Fierro, 1279). A very fine copy.