La Rivalité Anglo-Russe Au Xixe SièCle En Asie. Golfe Persique - FrontièRes De L'inde. Rouire, Alphonse-Marie-Ferdinand.

First and sole edition of this timely and decidedly uncommon French overview of the Great Game, published in the wake of the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907; in the chapter entitled "L'Angleterre en Arabie", Rouire discusses British influence in the Arabian Gulf, with particular attention to Muscat, Kuwait, Bahrain, and southern Arabia. The convention of 1907 saw Britain and Russia settle their colonial disputes in Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet. "It delineated spheres of influence in Persia, stipulated that neither country would interfere in Tibet's internal affairs, and recognized Britain's influence over Afghanistan. The agreement led to the formation of the Triple Entente" (Ency. Brit.). The French physician A. M. F. Rouire (1855-1917) wrote widely on geographical and historical subjects. La Rivalité Anglo-Russe is based on articles that he published over a five-year period in the French intellectual monthly Revue des Deux Mondes and includes chapters, aside from that already mentioned, on the British and Russians in Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet, concluding with an examination of the 1907 treaty. Rouire's book was never translated into English, although a Russian translation was published in 1924. Marshall, Britain and Tibet 1765-1947: A select annotated bibliography, 2607. Octavo (174 x 111 mm). Contemporary library binding of black cloth, gilt-lettered spine, speckled edges. Folding regional map. Contemporary bookseller's ticket of E. Huguet, Verdun; scattered library stamps of Collège Margueritte-Académie de Nancy. Inner hinges cracked but firm, endpapers toned, peripheral pale toning throughout. A very good copy, complete with half-title and the map.