Sales catalogue 573: Maggs Bros

Date:
1932
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/117
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 573: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LETTER SIGNED (IN RUSSIAN) TO THE PRINCE OF NASSAU- SIEGEN. 14 pp., 4to. 26th August, 17809. £5 5s A very interesting letter concerning an incident in the war between Russia and Gustavus III. of Sweden. (Trans.) :—‘‘ It is with great pleasure that we saw from your account the trouble you took in landing the troops from the galleys to attack the King of Sweden, and stop his way. Although his sudden retreat thwarted the success which one ought to have expected from your enterprise with the help of the others ; we hope, however, that the Commander-in-Chief of our Army wil not delay to profit by the present cowardice of the enemy to invade his state, being supported by the fleet, the command of which is conferred upon you. It is with the greatest impatience that we await the result of the last conference which you had at Fridrichsam which you mentioned to us. ; ‘“However we are persuaded that you will recover your honour by new exploits. As for deserters, which you mentioned in your account of Aug. 22, who warned the enemy three days beforehand of your intention to attack them from the rear, let us know of what regiments and command they were and who are the runaways in case they were among the number of the troops which were em- barked on the rowing boats.”’ TO HER LOVER, ROBESPIERRE. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO ROBESPIERRE. Bopp. watO. ith anda ry sei 2s Also a FURTHER AUTOGRAPH NOTE AS A POSTSCRIPT TO TE ABOVE oR: 14 pp., small 8vo. Together, £15 Discussing the Revolution, and praising her lover Robespierre. A letter of the greatest importance. (Trans.) :—‘‘ No, I am utterly unable to find words to express to the inimitable Robespierre, the surprise and emotion which the reading of his interesting and useful discourse in the last Revolution of Paris, aroused in me. The patriots have done well to insert it because this journal is read a great deal and goes everywhere. True Frenchmen cannot be warned any too soon against the execrable snare of war. But alas; I am afraid that it is already a settled thing in the National Assembly. . . . Merciful Heavens; What treachery! Unhappy country, false cuides are leading you astray by new tricks more cunning than those of the moderates ; their character is not so markedly false but that they are all the more dangerous. ‘ Misguided patriots’ they say to those who do not want war. Ah! let us continue to be misguided in order to stop it and save the country, There was another speech to the Jacobites on Monday, which was praised by the cruel partisans of the war who fell on it like ravens on their prey. If it is to be so, let
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