GENTZ, Friedrich von; HERRIES, Charles John (translator).
On the State of Europe
On the State of Europe
before and after the French Revolution; being an answer to L'Etat de la France à la Fine de l'An VIII.
Stock Code 121081
London, Printed for J. Hatchard, bookseller to Her Majesty, opposite York House, Piccadilly, 1802.
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.
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