ANONYME
Causes politiques secrètes, ou Pensées philosophiques sur divers événemens qui se sont passés depuis 1763 jusqu'en 1772. Suivies d'un projet de haut-pouvoir conservateur dirigé par les quatre grandes puissances de l'Europe. Par un ministre d'Etat qui ne se soucie plus de l'être. Ouvrage traduit de l'anglais sur la sixième édition
[Secret Political Causes, or Philosophical Reflections on Various Events that Occurred from 1763 to 1772. Followed by a Project for a High Conservatory Power Directed by the Four Great Powers of Europe. By a Minister of State Who No Longer Cares to Be One. Work Translated from the English on the Sixth Edition]
Aux dépens du Lord North|Paris 1782|15 x 23 cm|Broché
First edition of the French translation, based on the sixth English edition.
Copies listed in the CCF only at the BnF, Dijon, and Rouen libraries.
Our copy is preserved in its original state, in contemporary marbled paper wrappers.
The only edition of this curious political pamphlet, seemingly without any real connection to an English original, which proposes to reorganize Europe through joint—particularly military—control by the four principal continental powers (Austria, France, Spain, and Prussia) over all the others, in order to ensure peace and balance across the continent.
These prophetic, if still utopian, reflections are preceded by an analysis of Europe’s situation since the Seven Years’ War.
€900