Foreign aristocrats serving in Russia at the start of the 19th c. --- Inscribed by the translator to the future Napoleon III,who was elected the President of the French Second Republic the following year: "� Son Altesse, Le Prince Napoleon L. Bonaparte temoignage d'estime et d'amiti� de la part de D. Forbes Campbell Londres 20 Avril '47". This is the first edition in English of these reminiscences of the German Baron vom Stein (1757 1831) and the Italian Count Pozzo di Borgo (1764 1842), both of whom had served in Russia under Alexander I, and their connections to Napoleon I. The work was written by Count Ouvaroff (1786-1855), a Russian classical scholar best remembered as an influential imperial statesman under Nicholas I of Russia, and author of various essays. Published originally in French in 1846, "a few copies were printed at St. Petersburg for the distribution among the literary and political friends of the author. Ten of these copies were sent to Paris, where, through the indiscretion of some person, detached portions appeared in the French newspapers, and to complete the indelicacy of the proceeding, the name of the author was divulged" (Preface). D. Forbes Campbell published this English translation just a year after the original. Rare: WorldCat locates only 2 copies outside Europe, at Trinity College, CT and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Provenance: Physical description:Octavo (22.5 � 15 cm), pp. iv, [5] 24. Uncut and stab-sewn as issued. Condition:Vertical crease where previously folded, fore-edge a little ragged; first and last pages dust-soiled, a couple of stains to the title. Bibliography:Cat. Russica O-659. Seller Inventory # 1983

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Title: Stein and Pozzo di Borgo as portrayed by His...

Publisher: Ridgway, London,

Publication Date: 1847

Edition: 1st Edition

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