From the Tsarskoe-Selo Imperial Library - Red morocco - Lot 456

From the Tsarskoe-Selo Imperial Library - Red morocco [BIBLIOTHÈQUE du TSAR ALEXANDRE Ier - ESCLAVAGE - TRAITE des NÈGRES] L'Europe châtiée, et l'Afrique vengée, ou raisons pour regarder les calamités du siècle comme des punitions infligées par la providence pour la Traite des Nègres. London, imp. Schulze and Dean, 1818. In-8, 124pp. Long-grained red morocco, ornate ribbed spine, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, gilt fleurons in the spandrels, gilt roulette on the edges, double gilt fillet inside, gilt edges. A rare and precious copy from the Library of Tsar Alexander I. In the preface, it is printed: "This work is the translation of a series of Letters inserted in a London newspaper, entitled the "New-Times", and addressed to the allied sovereigns assembled in congress at Aix-La-Chapelle, in September and October 1818"; this work being dedicated to the allied sovereigns, this copy was probably the one given to the Tsar. This work was not included in the "Bibliotheken der russischen zaren in Zarskoje-Selo" sale held in Lucerne in 1932. (The text is in BnF, Notice no.: FRBNF41294567). Provenance: Wet stamp "Imperial Library of Tsarskoe-Selo".