Histoire militaire de Charles XII 1740
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KARL XII. (4). ADLERFELD, GUSTAV. (4). Histoire militaire de Charles XII roi de Suede, depuis l´an 1700, jusqu´a la bataille de Pultowa en 1709, écrite par ordre de sa majesté. I-IV. Amsterdam (J. Wetstein & G. Smith) 1740.
Small 8vo (158x90 mm). 4 titles in red and black with engraved vignette, folding engraved portrait of Charles XII, 6 large folding engraved plates (portrait with small tear, plates with some tears, some spotting).
Contemporary full calf, richly gilt spined in compartments, red edges. Text with some soiling and foxing, minor dampstaining. 4 vols.
Warmholtz 5542. With the portrait of Charles XII which is often lacking.
Gustav Adlerfeld (1671-1709), followed as an courtier Charles XII´s campaigns from 1701 and was killed in action at Poltava 1709. On the kings order he prepared a journal over the campaign events. His son Karl Maximilian Johan Adlerfelt edited and completed the manuscript after the Russians had handed it over soon after Poltava. It was published even in German and English the same year as the French edition, and counts as one of the most relevant sources over the campaigns of Charles XII.
Collation: (2), (6), vii-xxix, (1 blank), (1)-434, (2), (1)-527 [ie. 627], (2), (1)- 547, (2), (1)-240 pp.
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Auktionsnummer:
348540
Datum:
2015-12-13