On the State of Europe

£450 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

first edition in English The first edition in English of this important rejoinder by the Austro-Prussian diplomat Friedrich von Gentz (1764-1832) to the manifesto De l'État de la France, à la Fin de l'An VIII (1800) commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte following his coup d'etat on the '18th Brumaire' (i.e. 9th November 1799). The translator John Charles Herries (1778-1855) would go on to enjoy a successful career in the Treasury and Parliament, eventually serving a brief stint as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the short-lived Goderich ministry of 1827-1828. First edition in English; 8vo (22.5 x 15 cm); slight dampstaining to head of textblock throughout; publisher's blue paper covered boards, carefully rebacked preserving the original paper label to spine, uncut edges, boards soiled; cxxiv, 391, [1]pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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