321-RICHELIEU (Duc de). Correspondence and documents, 1766-1822. Pub. by M. Polovtsoff. St-Pétersbourg, 1887, gr. in-8, XVII-669 pp.-(1)-VI, brown half-maroquin à la Bradel, cover preserved (period binding). Rare first edition, published in the Recueil de la Société Impériale d'Histoire de Russie, Vol. LIV. Emigrating to Russia in 1790, the Duc de Richelieu was to be the key figure in Franco-Russian relations under the Empire and Restoration. Courted by Napoleon to return to France, Richelieu only returned in 1814 to become Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He threw all his weight behind the evacuation of foreign troops from French soil (1818). This very important collection contains the following documents: - Notice sur on onze années de la vie duc de Richelieu à Odessa pour servir à l'histoire de sa vie, by Ch. Sicard. These are actually memoirs about the Duc de Richelieu as Governor of Odessa from 1803 to 1814. - Correspondence of the Duc de Richelieu from 1793 to 1822. - Various documents such as the plan for the organization of French military colonies (1792). A good copy.