[CONGRESS OF VIENNA]. Lot of six rare pamphlets advocating for an independent Malta during the Congresses of Vienna and Aachen. 1814-1818. Rare lot of contemporary pamphlets defending Maltese sovereignty in the aftermath of the Congress of Vienna, which officially sanctioned the annexation of the archipelago by the British Empire, turning it into a colony. The only dissenting voices were those of the Bourbon rulers of Naples, who never formally acknowledged the loss of their historical rights over Malta, and of the Knights of the Order, who were excluded from the congress debates. In a delicate context for a deeply Catholic nation, the British government secured from Pope Gregory XVI the separation of the diocese of Malta from that of Palermo, and the definitive repudiation of the Neapolitan court's ecclesiastical claims. [WORKS:] Memoire presente par les ministres plenipotentiaires de l'ordre souverain de st jean de Jerusalem au congres general a vienne. Vienna: [s.e.], 1814. 4to (265 x 215mm). 16 pages. Contemporary coloured wrappers. [IN LOT WITH:] LEGROING DE FONTNOBLE (19th century). Considérations d'un chevalier français sur l'Ordre de Malte. Paris: Didot, 1814. 8vo (215 x 140mm). 36 pages, uncut and partially unopened. Contemporary wrappers. [WITH:] Recueil des plusieurs pieces presentees par les ministres plenipotentiaires de l'ordre souverain de st jean de Jerusalem au congres general a vienne. Genoa: Pagano, 1815. 4to (250 x 185mm). 14 unnumbered leaves, printed on blue paper. [WITH:] Reclamation de l'ordre souverain de S. Jean de Jerusalem adressée au Roi de France et aux deux chambres, dans l'intérêt général de l'ordre et dans l'intérêt particulier des trois langues françaises. Paris: Egron, 1816. 8vo (220 x 140mm). 30 pages. Contemporary wrappers. [WITH:] Reclamation de l'ordre souverain de St. Jean de Jerusalem au Congres d'Aix la Chapelle. Paris: Porthmann, 1816. 4to (245 x 200mm). 12 pages. [WITH:] Reflexions d'un commandeur de l'Ordre de Malte a ses confreres. [s.l., s.a.], 1802. 4to (205 x 165mm). 26 pages (browned). (6)