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Congrès de Vérone. Guerre d’Espagne. Négociations : colonies espagnoles ; par M. de Chateaubriand.

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Congrès de Vérone. Guerre d’Espagne. Négociations : colonies espagnoles ; par M. de Chateaubriand.

by CHATEAUBRIAND, François René de

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Paris, chez Delloye et Leipzig chez Brockhaus et Avenarius, 1838.

2 volumes 8vo [208 x 125 mm] of : I/(2) ll., III pp., 488 pp.; II/ (2) ll., 476 pp., (2) ll. A few browned ll. in volume 2. Aubergine half-calf, flat spines decorated, sprinkled edges. Contemporary binding.

First edition of this "text which importance ended up appearing".

Vicaire, Manuel de l'amateur, I, 289 ; Carteret, I, 163 ; Sabin 12252.

"Text which importance ended up appearing, it is indeed a part, and not negligible, of 'Mémoires d'Outre-tombe.'" (Clouzot, p. 66)

Chateaubriand published it in 1838 to justify his activity as Minister of Foreign Affairs to the public opinion.

We recognize the dazzling style of the writer in it, the polemists' verve, the imagination of the poet. The book contains many passages from Mémoires d'Outre-tombe, Chateaubriand having hesitated for a long time to reinstate this text in his major work.

"This book is by no means void of interest; it is really written with great cleverness; and although somewhat affected, and very much filled with egotism, as all such works must indeed be from their very nature, yet it is lively, and full of original pieces, in support of the author's statements respecting the important transactions in which he was engaged. Of the three parts into which it is divided, -the Congress of Verona, the Spanish War, and the Spanish Colonies, - the two first are by far the most interesting; and it is to the matters relating to them that we shall feel it necessary to direct the reader's attention". (The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, vol. 67, p. 587).

"What the ambassador reveals about the Congress of Verona, the wishes, the uncertainties, and the fears of so many ministers and so many kings; the confidences he thought he could make to the public in the anticipation of history's heritage, so many great paintings by the illustrious actors he portrays, so puny and so small by their passions, all this is done to inspire France with a sort of immense pride of herself. This book will have the effect of revealing to the last of the 'cabinets de lecture' what only the politicians knew, the universal terror which attached itself to any movements of France, while it breathed for the first time, hardly released from the brazen embrace of both invasions." (Revue des deux mondes, 1838, II, p. 478)

"We know that in Verona, in 1823, the 'Congrès des souverains d'Europe' raised a problem similar to that of the Congress of Vienna and the Holy Alliance; how to prevent the spread and triumph of ideas of freedom of national independence. In particular, it was to intervene in Spain to restore King Ferdinand VII to the throne.

The brilliancy of this work, the reasoning and peroration it contains, is supported by a warm and colorful language, in which reason of State blends with personal considerations."

(Laffont-Bompiani).

Copy complete with the list of subscribers at the end of the second volume.

A fine copy preserved in its elegant contemporary binding.


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2 volumes in-8 de : I/ (2) ff., III pp., 488 pp. ; II/ (2) ff., 476 pp., (2) ff. Qq. ff. brunis dans le tome 2. Demi-veau aubergine, dos lisses ornés, tranches jaspées. Reliure de l'époque.

208 x 125 mm.

Édition originale de ce " texte dont l'importance a fini par apparaître ".

Vicaire. Manuel de l'amateur, I, 289 ; Carteret, I, 163 ; Sabin 12252.

" Texte dont l'importance a fini par apparaître, c'est en effet une partie, et non négligeable, des 'Mémoires d'Outre-tombe' ". (Clouzot, p. 66)

Châteaubriand le publia en 1838 pour justifier devant l'opinion publique son activité de ministre des Affaires étrangères.

On y retrouve le style éblouissant de l'écrivain, la verve du polémiste, l'imagination du poète. L'ouvrage contient de nombreux passages des Mémoires d'Outre-tombe, Chateaubriand ayant hésité longtemps à réintégrer ce texte dans son œuvre majeure.

" This book is by no means void of interest; it is really written with great cleverness; and although somewhat affected, and very much filled with egotism, as all such works must indeed be from their very nature, yet it is lively, and full of original pieces, in support of the author's statements respecting the important transactions in which he was engaged. Of the three parts into which it is divided, -the Congress of Verona, the Spanish War, and the Spanish Colonies, - the two first are by far the most interesting; and it is to the matters relating to them that we shall feel it necessary to direct the reader's attention". (The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, vol. 67, p. 587).

" Ce que l'ambassadeur révèle du congrès de Vérone, des vœux, des incertitudes et des craintes de tant de ministres et de tant de rois ; les confidences qu'il a cru pouvoir faire au public en avancement d'hoirie sur l'histoire, tant de tableaux si grands par les illustres acteurs qu'il met en scène, si chétifs et si petits par leurs passions, tout cela est fait pour inspirer à la France une sorte d'immense orgueil d'elle-même. Ce livre aura pour effet de révéler au dernier des cabinets de lecture ce que les hommes politiques savaient seuls, l'universelle terreur qui s'attachait aux moindres mouvements de la France, alors qu'elle respirait pour la première fois, à peine dégagée de l'étreinte d'airain des deux invasions ". (Revue des deux mondes, 1838, II, p. 478)

" On sait qu'à Vérone, en 1823, le Congrès des souverains d'Europe souleva un problème voisin de celui du Congrès de Vienne et de la Sainte-Alliance ; comment empêcher la propagation et le triomphe des idées de liberté d'indépendance nationale. Il s'agissait en particulier d'intervenir en Espagne pour rétablir sur le trône le roi Ferdinand VII.

L'éclat de cette œuvre, des raisonnements et des péroraisons qu'elle contient, est soutenu par une langue chaude et colorée, où la raison d'État se fond avec les considérations personnelles. "

(Laffont-Bompiani).

Exemplaire bien complet de la liste des souscripteurs à la fin du second volume.

Bel exemplaire conservé dans son élégante reliure de l'époque.

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