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MILLON RIVIERA

Estimate €80 - €100
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[VIVARAIS] LABOISSIÈRE (J. L. de, Former Magistrate): The Observations of a Soldier from the Vivarais. In which the origins of the French rebellion are revealed, along with all the wars which, during that period, the Vivarais region endured. Followed by the Duke of Rohan’s journey to Vivarais in the year 1628; an account of the revolt at Roure in 1670; and an anecdote taken from the handwritten diary of J. de Banne, Canon of Viviers. Privas, F. Agard, 1811. 8vo, half sheepskin, smooth spine. XV – 449 pages. Page 447 torn, but no pages missing. *Les Commentaires du Soldat du Vivarais*, published by J.-L. de Laboissière, is a historical work that explores the origins of the rebellion in France and the wars endured by the Vivarais region. The work is divided into three books, organised by the periods of the wars, and includes the *Voyage du Duc de Rohan en Vivarais* (The Duke of Rohan’s Journey to Vivarais) in 1628, as well as the *Relation de la révolte de Roure* (Account of the Roure Revolt) in 1670. It is taken from a handwritten journal by J. de Banne, a canon of Viviers. This collection is of the utmost importance for the history of the civil wars linked to the Reformation in the Vivarais region (Ardèche), from the uprising in Privas in 1619 to the siege of the town in 1629. Also included: - Abbé ROUCHIER, Honorary Canon of Viviers: Religious, Civil and Political History of the Vivarais. Paris. Firmin Didot frères and Dentu, booksellers, 1861. 8vo. Half-bound in bronze-green shagreen. Ribbed spine, worn. Separate illustrations. 621 pages. - Abbé JOLIVET, Doctor of Letters: The Revolution in the Ardèche (1788–1795) Largentière. Mazel Printers, 1930. Small 4°. Paperback. 568 pages. - Andéol VINCENT: History of the Wars in the Vivarais and Other Neighbouring Regions in Support of the Royal Cause, from the Camp of Jalès in 1790 to 1816. Privas. Printed by F. Agard, 1817. 8vo. Paperback. 179 pages.
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