Notizen von der Insel Elba. Auszüge aus dem bulletin des Lois von Frankreich. [Notes on the Island of Elba. Excerpts from the 'Bulletin des Lois' in France.] by 1810 Island of Elba - French Law and Statistic - 1810

Weimar: Industrie-Comptoirs, 1810. 8vo. 8 pages. Text is in German. A scarce primary resource. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. This issue contains a German translation of an official French document concerning laws imposed by the King of France during his reign over Elba island, when it was divided into only 7 municipalities. With brief notes on the structure of the criminal court or tribunal, and featuring a poulation chart which includes Portoferraio, Marciana, Rio, and Porto-Longone Capoliveri. In 1802 the island had become a French possession, and its economy flourished. Following the Treaty of Fontainebleau, French emperor Napoleon I was exiled to Elba after his forced abdication in 1814 and arrived at Portoferraio on May 3, 1814 to begin his exile there. He was allowed to keep a personal guard of six hundred men. Although he was nominally sovereign of Elba, the island was watched (more or less) by British naval patrols. .