Une Lettre Inédite de Napoléon a Champagny, ministre des Relations extérieures (Collection de la Fondation Napoléon)

Napoléon

Verlag: Librairie Arteme Fayard, Paris, 2004

Beschreibung

Facsimile of an inedited letter from Napoleon to the minister of foreign relations, very scarce limited edition. Facsimile of an unedited letter from Napoleon to Champagny, written in 1807, enclosed in the original paper wraps with titles to front and limitation to rear. In the original French. A very scarce work, one of one-thousand five-hundred copies printed, this number one-thousand one-hundred and sixty-six.Featuring the transcription in the original French in a pamphlet loosely inserted, dated to recto 2004.The translation of the letter reads:"Monsieur de Champagny, you will find here enclosed a letter from Monsieur Daru. Reply to Monsieur Daru that I was outraged by the affair which he mentions in his letter; and that I order him to send a note demanding that the officers who committed this insult should be made an example of; and that until that has happened, the troops will not leave; that the two instigators of the outrage should be shot; and that if the King of Prussia still wishes to protect these mockers, then he should not imagine that he can return to Berlin because he will not remain there for long. As for you, summon the two envoys who are in Paris, communicate to them my great indignation and tell them that I demand that the two instigators of the insult be shot; that this affair is not insignificant, and that I am more concerned about it than the payment of contributions; that the weakness of the King caused the war which has just finished, but if these wretches as cowardly on the battlefield as they are arrogant in the wings continue to behave in like manner, the Prussian monarchy will not last long. Express yourself with the greatest energy. Make it clear that the troops will not leave the country if I do not receive satisfaction, and that if this satisfaction is slow in coming I shall declare war on Prussia."Champagny later wrote to Daru with Napoleon's instructions, taking the edge off the violence of the imperial outburst, and Daru managed to get the incident shelved in October of the same year. Large paper sheet enclosed in publisher's paper wraps. Letter tipped in, with transcription and information in the original French loosely inserted. Minor faint marks to wraps, otherwise a lovely copy with bright and clean pages. Near Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 835A66

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Une Lettre Inédite de Napoléon a Champagny, ...

Verlag: Librairie Arteme Fayard, Paris

Erscheinungsdatum: 2004

Einband: Unbound

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Near Fine

Art des Buches: book