Translation of an Address to the Congress: To all the Powers of Europe

GUERRY DE MAUBREUIL (Marie-Armand, Marquis d'Orvault)

Translation of an Address to the Congress: To all the Powers of Europe,

By Marie-Armand Guerry de Maubreuil, Marquis D’Orvault; Sent to Aix-la-Chapelle, to all the Sovereigns, their Ambassadors, their Ministers, and to the Respective Cabinets. 4to. Scattered foxing, light browning, front hinge a little cracked, otherwise very good in contemporary half calf on marbled boards, worn at the extremities. [iv], 162pp. errata leaf. Schulze and Dean, 1818.

£250.00

Extremely uncommon. COPAC has BL only, OCLC solely the University of Wisconsin.

A bizarre character, de Maubreuil apparently served in the Peninsula winning the Cross of the Legion d’Honneur. He subsequently took against Napoleon and flaunted his antipathy during the occupation of Paris. This led to him being commissioned by Russia, Prussia and the Bourbons to assassinate Napoleon on his way to Elba. He accepted the commission, as he claimed, in order to protect the Emperor. A series of extremely romantic, and disreputable, adventures ensued involving the theft of jewelery from the Queen of Westphalia leading to several trials and bouts of imprisonment ending in dramatic escapes. This volume represents d’Orvault’s impassioned representation of his case to the Congress.

Unsubstantiated tales of the suppression of this work may be to some extent borne up by its evident scarcity.

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