"De l'imprimerie de Lefebvre, rue de Lille, no. 11."--Verso of half-title leaf Attributed to Mlle de Palaiseau by Barbier, Bissainthe and Sabin Story of the Saint-Janvier family, white colonial planters, in Saint-Domingue during the revolution and of their young daughters Bissainthe entry lists work without edition designation Signatures: A-G Bookseller's advertisements: p. [1], 4th group Sabin Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes Bissainthe, M. Dict. de bib. haïtienne John Carter Brown Library copy
...has 4 leaves of plates with duplicate pencil copies accompanying some plates: engraved frontispiece with accompanying pencil copy to face title page; identical engraved plate as frontispiece to face p. 33 with figure of man as white; identical engraved plate as frontispiece to face p. 34 with figure of man as black and caption "Ah! M. Diakué, sauvez mes enfants"; pencil drawing of engraving (facing p. 82) facing p. 81; engraved plate to face p. 82 with caption "Je suis le seigneur votre Dieu, qui vous ai retiré de la terre d'Egypte."
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