ALEXANDRE BOUTROUË (1760-1805) 1793-1805. LETTRES D’UN CHEF DE BRIGADE, 33e DE LIGNE, 65e ET 68e DEMI-BRIGADES - 56° DE LIGNE, PUBLIÉES ET ÉCLAIRCIES PAR M. A. D’HAUTERIVE, CAPITAINE AU 124e DE LIGNE. [LETTERS FROM A BRIGADE LEADER, 33rd LINE, 65th AND 68th HALF-BRIGADE - 56th LINE, PUBLISHED AND LETTERED BY M. A. D’HAUTERIVE, CAPTAIN OF THE 124th LINE] ORIGINAL EDITION. 1891. 1 VOLUME. IN FRENCH. Paris, Librairie Militaire de L.Baudoin et Cie, Imprimeurs-Éditeurs, 1891.
Lot 97
80100
1 volume in-8. Paperback, printed cover, 208p. some uncut, illustrated with engravings in the text.
Stamp ‘Ministère de l’Instruction Publique / Dépôt de l’État / 1893’ on title page.
23 x 14.4 x 1.5 cm
Cover warped, small tears
Jules Alexandre Léger Boutroüe.
French colonel of the Revolution and Empire.
Died as a result of a wound received in battle during the Battle of Caldiero (31 October 1805) between the French and Austrian armies, not far from Caldiero (a commune in the province of Verona in Italy).