Tableau de la puissance militaire et politique de la Russie en 1817. Traduit de l'Anglais sur la 2e édition ; augmenté de plusieurs pièces importantes qui n'ont paru jusqu'à ce jour que dans les journaux anglais, relatives aux opinions de Buonaparte sur l'état de l'Europe, à la manière dont le cabinet anglais le traite à Sainte-Hélène, à son projet d'expédition aux Indes par la Russie, la Mer Noire et la Perse, etc., etc. Orné d'une carte représentant les accroissemens successifs de la Russie en 1800, 1808 et 1817 ; la distance des frontières russes à plusieurs des capitales européennes et à celle de la Perse, ainsi qu'à la Mer Rouge, etc., etc..[Survey of the Military and Political Power of Russia in 1817. Translated from the English after the second edition; enlarged with several important documents which have hitherto appeared only in the English newspapers, relating to Buonaparte’s opinions on the state of Europe, the manner in which the British cabinet treats him at Saint Helena, his plan for an expedition to the Indies by way of Russia, the Black Sea and Persia, etc., etc. Adorned with a map showing the successive territorial expansions of Russia in 1800, 1808 and 1817; the distance from the Russian frontiers to several European capitals and to that of Persia, as well as to the Red Sea, etc., etc.]
First edition of the French translation, established from the second edition.
Our copy, preserved in its original wrappers under a plain provisional cover, is complete with its coloured map, almost invariably lacking.
The only French translation, uncommon, of "A sketch of the military and political power of Russia in the year 1817", an anti-Russian pamphlet composed in the context of the growing opposition between Great Britain and Russia, once the aftermath of the Empire had been settled.
General Robert Thomas Wilson (1777-1849) had served in 1812 as liaison officer with Alexander’s army.
Provenance: copy from the library of Armand-François-Théophile d'Oilliamson (1792-1862), son of General Count d'Oilliamson (1738-1830), bearing his manuscript ex-libris on the half-title.