[ALEXANDER 1st]. Grand manifeste d'Alexandre 1er, empereur et autocrate de toutes les Russies. (et portrait qu'il y fait de l'usurpateur Buonaparte). Donné 'a Saint-Pétersbourg, le 1er janvier de l'an grâce 1816, et publié 'a Paris, le 5 mars, m^eme année. Tiger, Paris, 1816
12mo (15.1 x 9.2 cm). 24 pp., woodcut portrait. Contemporary gold paper wrappers.
A RARE POLITICAL DOCUMENT, illustrated with a portrait of the Tsar. In post-Napoleonic turmoil, political strategies and projects for the future were of greatest importance. In this 'Grand manifeste' the Tsar summaries the Napoleonic wars and his people's victory, before celebrating the new and peaceful period of Restauration.
£850
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