[MANUSCRIT] - [DAMPMARTIN. Anne-Henri Cabet de]. - Lot 502

[MANUSCRIT] - [DAMPMARTIN. Anne-Henri Cabet de]. Catalog historique de quelques volumes des archives manuscrites du Dépôt de la Guerre. Paris. 1817. 2 volumes in-8, long-grained red morocco, ornate spines, framed in a simple gilt edges, interior lace. [4] pp; XXVIII pp; 404 pp. -[4] pp. ; 647 pp. On April 20, 1816, Viscount de Dampmartin was appointed by Louis XVIII as librarian of the Dépôt de la Guerre. The two unpublished volumes we present contain the fruit of 18 months' labor: when Clarke resigned from the Ministry of War in September 1817, Dampmartin lost his position lost both his post and his protector. In his highly personal introduction, he recounts, for example, the moving visit of the Duc d'Angoulême d'Angoulême and the Duc de Berri, Dampmartin recounts the history of the Dépôt de la Guerre and underlines the the importance of the documents preserved there: "Its exploitation alone can support the historiographer". the historiographer". Very legible text, fully ruled. The author's precious copy with double bookplate vignette. A very fine copy.