Charles XII 1740
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CHARLES XII. (FORMEY, JEAN HENRI SAMUEL), F. P. Memoires de Maximilien-Emanuel duc de Wirtemberg, colonel d´un regiment de Dragons au service de Suede. Contenant plusieurs particularités de la vie de Charles XII roi de Suède, depuis 1703 jusqu´en 1709, apres la bataille de Poltowa. Amsterdam - Leipzig chez Arkstee & Merkus) 1740.
8vo. 158 x 90 mm. (2), VIII, 333 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 1 engraved vignette on p. 1.
Brown contemporary calf with raised bands and red label, all edges red. Head of spine somewhat defective, small wormholes at front hinge.
Maximilien Emanuel, prince (duke) of Wurtemberg (1689-1709), in service of Charles XII from 1703, colonel for a regiment 1709, prisoner at Poltava 1709, released the same year and dead from fever shortly after.
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Auktionsnummer:
823638
Date:
2020-10-11