GUILLAUME DE VAUDONCOURT (1772-1845, Frédéric François, French Artillery General of Brigade, Military Historian and Cartographer)

Autograph letter signed, in French with translation, to his publisher Barrois of Paris, saying he has received bills for payment of 3000 francs, in three instalments, for the entire property in his book, 'History of the Campaign waged by the French in Germany - 1813', with a further 500 francs agreed should there be a second edition, to cover revisions and corrections, 1 side 8vo. and conjugate blank, Munich, 7th September two small defects in conjugate blank

Guillaume served in Italy and Prussia but at the second restoration of Louis XVIII was accused of joining the Metz conspiracy and condemned to death in absence, returning to France only under the amnesty of 1825. His works also include a history of Hannibal's campaigns (1812), and of the crossing of the Berezina in Russia in 1812 (London, 1815). From 1825-1829 he edited the Journal des sciences militaires.

Item Date:  1818

Stock No:  52715      £125

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