GUILLERMIN Gilbert Journal historique de la Révolution de la partie de l’est de Saint-Domingue, commencée le 10 août 1808 avec des notes statistiques sur cette partie.

Leclerc, 1286 ; Sabin, 498.

First edition.

Guillermin was a member of the general headquarters of the colonial army in the Dominican Republic. Dedicated to Count Decrès, then minister of the Marine, the author gives detailed accounts of the price of various foods during the revolution. The folding table gives prices for bread, meat, sugar, oil, etc. and indicates that “rats, although not traded as meat, were eagerly consumed when possible”.

Some occasional foxing.

Fom the library of J.P. Alaux (book plate).