[ Autographs ] JEAN BAPTISTE BESSIERES (1766 - 1812) French marshal under Napoleon who rose to that rank from private, a most competent and reliable general killed by a cannonball at Rippach. Rare, good content Spanish campaign L.S. 1p. 4to., Bribiena[?], Sept. 8, 1808 in French to a colonel ordering that a reconnaissance be undertaken in the area of Santo Domingo, Calzada and Bellorado and urging great vigilance. Very good.