DROUYN DE LHUYS (Edmond, 1805-1881, French Diplomat and Statesman)

Autograph Letter Signed to 'Monsieur', in French with translation, as President of the Society of Agriculturalists of France, saying that the Society will accept his memoir "with genuine satisfaction" and include it in its Bulletin "provided that it differs from the one you read to the central society" and is unpublished, 1 side 8vo. black-edged, Paris (as from 1 rue le Peletier), 20th January faintest traces of mending on verso

Drouyn de Lhuys became a deputy in 1842 as well as holding a commercial post at the foreign ministry, but was deprived of the latter for demanding that Guizot be put on trial. Napoleon III made him his Foreign Minister, (1848-1849), at a critical time for Europe, then ambassador to London (July 1849) where he settled the 'Don Pacifico' affair. He was again foreign minister 1851, 1852-1856, (resigning when his peace overtures with Russia failed) and 1862-1866.
See the affectionate biography by Paul Antonini (1890) for stories of his work in agriculture.

Item Date:  1873

Stock No:  22693      £65

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