BONNAIRE, Mémoire sur la statistique du Département des Hautes Alpes, 1801

First edition.
Felix Bonnaire was the first prefect of the Hautes Alpes between 1800 and 1802.
Memoirs following the Chaptal law which establishes the prefectures and sub-prefectures, this is a report sent by the prefects to the Ministry of the Interior on the department for which they are then responsible.
A veritable mine of information on statistics, geography and daily life in the Hautes Alpes at the beginning of the 19th century.