[Suède] Ludvig Manderström - TRès rare, tiré à 40 exemplaires : Correspondance et négociations concernant le mariage du prince - 1843

Ludvig Manderström, Correspondence and negotiations concerning the marriage of Prince Charles, brother of King Gustav III, with the Princess of Holstein-Gottorp [followed by] Unpublished correspondence relating to the history of Sweden 1772-1780.

S.n. [Stockholm], s.l., s.d. [1849? and 1843]. 8vo, XVI-199-[2]-VII-145 pp.

Original edition of the two works printed in 40 copies, both bearing no. 7 with a note, certainly autograph of Manderström, “His Excellency Monsieur le Baron de Stierneld”—that is Gustaf Algernon Stierneld (1791-1868), who served as Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs. Manderström would also be named to the same ministry a few years later. He was then the chief of staff to the King of Sweden, Oscar I.

Copy filled with a photo cdv of Baron Stierneld at the end of his life with a letter from the baron’s daughter (signed “La Fille”): “My Father is sincerely grateful to you for your card and for what you kindly wish for him. He enjoins me to express this to you properly. Add a touch of your own; this will make you embrace even more the friendship which the Father and the Daughter bear you. Please give my regards to your wife.”

Note of 1869: “Given by Mina Stierneld in memory of her father. Näsby 10 September 1869. H Fournier.” This refers to Hugues Fournier (1821-1898), senator of Indre-et-Loire and diplomat. He was Swedish ambassador from 1862-1871.

No copy of either work in French libraries. 6 copies of the first work in public libraries (Yale and 5 in the Netherlands) and 4 copies of the second work (Harvard, Berlin, Copenhagen and Ballerup).

Bottle-green morocco half-binding with corners, boards in decorative hammered paper featuring a foliate motif. Foxing (due to paper quality). The digitized copy of one of the two works has aged in the same way.

Very rare works relating to the history of Sweden.