This is a letter from Swedish politican George Georgeson Stalhberg to James Dodsley, sent from Edinburgh to London on the 19th of February 1777. Stahlberg wrote to Dodsley, a successful bookseller, because he wanted him to sell his book entitled "An [sic] History of the late Revolution in Sweden [...]" in his shop. Stahlberg's book is a pejorative account of the coup d'État by Gustav III that happened in Sweden on the 19th of August 1772. The "revolution" was carried out without bloodshed, but many politicians in particular were worried about its international consequences. Stahlberg himself was outraged by the coup, and took refuge in Edinburgh, where he self-published his account of the dramatic events in 1776. In February 1777, he was still selling copies to booksellers in important cities.