£200
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 8vo, pp. cxxiv, 391, [1]. Untrimmed in original blue paper boards backed in white paper, printed paper label. Somewhat foxed, a little minor soiling, small hole to gutter of title-page. Extremities a little worn, spine covering defective at head and foot. Modern ownership inscription to pastedown.
An important response to the significant manifesto addressed to foreign nations drawn up by Alexandre Maurice Blanc de Lanautte, Comte d'Hauterive (1754–1830) at the instruction of Napoleon Buonaparte following the Coup of 18 Brumaire, in which Napoleon came to power as First Consul of the First Republic on his way to coronation as Emperor. Frederick von Gentz (1764-1832) was a Prussian-Austrian diplomat and published several major essays on contemporary politics, including this one, in 1801. This is its first appearance in English, an early translation effort by the future politician John Charles Herries (1778-1855).
