Histoire de Toussaint-Louverture
Author: Cousin d'Avallon, 1769-1840
Place of Publication: Paris
Publisher: Chez Pillot, frères, libraires
Publication Date: an x. [1802]
Physical Description: [4], xij, [1], 14-211, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 18 cm. (12mo)
Description:
Charles-Yves Cousin, also known as Charles Yves Cousin d'Avallon, was born in
Avallon ( Yonne ) in 1769 and died in Paris in 1840. He was a French writer, best
known for his collections of stories about historical figures and literature. He was a
prolific writer who was caught up the intrigues of the French Revolution and died
in abject poverty. This book contains one of the first known portraits of Toussaint
Louverture, although like all portraits of Toussaint it was apocryphal. No
likenesses were known to have been done of the man during his lifetime.
Notes: E802 .C867h