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17914651Dublin: Luke White. 1791 1791. First edition. Four volumes bound in two. 8vo. 210x125mm. Volume I. The History of my own times. Parts I and II. pp. xxv 2 270 2bl. And The History of the Seven Years War. Part I. pp. xii 2 154. Volume II. The History of the Seven Years War. Part II. 4 188. Memoirs from the Peace of Hubertsburg to the Partition of Poland and of the Bavarian War. pp. xii 4 198. Of the four half titles "Posthumous Works of Frederic II. King of Prussia" only two are present. Bound in contemporary Irish mottled calf spine decorated in gilt with red morocco labels lettered decorated and numbers with volume numbers and shelfmarks in gilt. Front free endpapers have the ownership stamp of F. Colgan Cappagh and T.G Odling. The Colgans of Cappagh House were a County Kildare family. Some scuffing to the boards with loss but otherwise an attractive Irish binding in nice condition and very good internally. Unrecorded at the BL the only institutional copy in the UK is with the National Trust. Two copies in Dublin and five others worldwide. ESTC; T167665. ESTC; T167665. Dublin: Luke White. 1791 hardcover
184337418Friedrich Wilhelm III. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1843. Paper. Estate of John F. Lewis. Friedrich Wilhelm IV King of Prussia. Letter Signed. 1 piece. Berlin: June 1843. The document above is one among many important manuscripts which John Frederick Lewis a highly regarded philanthropist lawyer and early 20th-century collector used as primary source material for a comprehensive genealogy of his forbears. His chronological narrative was meant to chart the various world-historical developments and circumstances which ultimately led to the confluence of Mr. Lewis' Continental ancestors and those of the Mayflower Colony and it extended even to his own lifetime. Housed in altogether fifteen portfolio volumes the project was the culmination of decades of painstaking research and discerning collecting of the highest order. Most of the manuscripts in Mr. Lewis' collection have not appeared at auction for a century or more. ; Signed by Author . Friedrich Wilhelm III unknown
178917494London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson. Very Good. 1789. First English Edition. Hardcover. Handsome set in full leather with 5 spine bands red leather labels & gilt lettering & gilt ruled panels. Gilt dentelles on cover edges. Interior of text is tight clean & intact; light foxing only on endpapers. Translated from the French by Thomas Holcroft. Vol #6-- 1 544pp; Vol #7--1 521pp; Vol #8--1 562pp; Vol #9--1 440pp; Vol #10--1 499pp; Vol#11--1 463pp; Vol #12--1 512pp; Vol #13--1 520pp. Errata at the rear of Vol #13." Kelso Library" handwritten in decorative script on each title page. Spine heads lightly rubbed; slight loss to vols #6 & #7. Old inked shelf numbers on front fixed endpaper of each volume. Missing rear endpaper from vol #12. Europe History Military Seven Year's War Philosophy Religion Poetry. ; 8vo; 4061 pages . G. G. J. and J. Robinson hardcover
174892480London: Printed for R. Dodsley 1748. Early English translation of Frederick II King of Prussia's history of the Brandenburg Dynasty. Dedicated to his Royal Highness to Prince of Wales. Authors Preface. Initially published in three installments by Frederick II's private press at the palace of Sanssouci near Berlin the volumes were read as part of the curriculum at the Prussian Academy of Sciences and considered as the fourth volume of Frederick's Oeuvres du Philosophe de Sans Souci The works of the philosopher of Sans Souci. Small octavo disbound with part of the original gilt spine intact. In very good condition. A nice example. Frederick the Great was King of Prussia from 1740 until 1786 the longest reign of any Hohenzollern king. His most significant accomplishments during his reign included his military victories his reorganization of Prussian armies his patronage of the arts and the Enlightenment in Prussia and his final success against great odds in the Seven Years' War. Frederick was the last titled King in Prussia and declared himself King of Prussia after achieving full sovereignty for all historical Prussian lands. Prussia had greatly increased its territories and became a leading military power in Europe under his rule. Printed for R. Dodsley unknown
16-6317Printed by order of and for the Corporation of the City of London by Nichols Son and Bentley London 1815. Folio. 25.7 X 35.7 cm.101 59pp. Contemporary qtr. gilt calf and marbled boards rubbed. Colour aquatint frontispiece and double page seating arrangement.In 2 pts. separately paged the 2d with special t.p. imprint same as that of main t.p.: An account of the entertainment given to Field Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington by the Corporation of London in the Guildhall on the 9th of July 1814Large-paper copy.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:6882542 Printed by order of, and for, the Corporation of the City of London, by Nichols, Son, and Bentley, London, [1815] hardcover
179137420Friedrich Wilhelm I I King of Prussia. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1791. Paper. Estate of John F. Lewis. Friedrich Wilhelm II King of Prussia. 1 piece. Letter Signed. Potsdam 1791. The document above is one among many important manuscripts which John Frederick Lewis a highly regarded philanthropist lawyer and early 20th-century collector used as primary source material for a comprehensive genealogy of his forbears. His chronological narrative was meant to chart the various world-historical developments and circumstances which ultimately led to the confluence of Mr. Lewis' Continental ancestors and those of the Mayflower Colony and it extended even to his own lifetime. Housed in altogether fifteen portfolio volumes the project was the culmination of decades of painstaking research and discerning collecting of the highest order. Most of the manuscripts in Mr. Lewis' collection have not appeared at auction for a century or more; Signed by Author . Friedrich Wilhelm I I, King of Prussia. unknown
178920269<p><b>1789 Works of Frederick II of Prussia Germany Seven Years WAR Politics 15v SET</b></p><p><i>"The first object in the establishment of an army ought to be making provision for the belly that being the basis and foundation of all operations." </i></p><p>– Frederick the Great </p><p>Frederick II was the most famous King of Prussia notable for his 46 years of reign. He served and ruled over Brandenburg-Prussia and was a significant force in the Wars of Polish and Austrian Succession. Throughout his life Frederic II wrote numerous works most of which deal with military instruction and history of war. Perhaps his 'History of the Seven Years War' is his most famous a work detailing not only his involvement in the war but the outcomes and their influence on European history.</p><p>Item number: #20269</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>FREDERIC II King of Prussia</p><p><b><i>Oeuvres posthumes de Frederic II roi de Prusse.</i></b></p><p>Berlin ; Et se trouve a Londres : Robinson 1789.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages; 15 volumes <b><u>complete</u></b>!</p><p>o Each volume individually paginated</p><p>· Language: French</p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p>· Size: ~8in X 5.25in 20.5cm x 13.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>20269</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Et se trouve a Londres : Robinson hardcover
1868100895<p>August 29 1868. 1868. Good. - An autograph document dated August 29 1868 penned in a secretarial hand on 13-3/8 inch high by 8-3/8 inch wide creamy white paper signed "Friedrich Wilhelm Kpz Crown Prince" by the future Emperor and King of Prussia. The document is addressed to the Royal General in Command of the Army Corps at Breslau who at the time was Wilhelm von Tumpling. The document orders that a particular Second Lieutenant be named his Ordnance Officer during Army Corps maneuvers in mid-September. The document is annotated and signed on the verso by four officers in the chain of command. The first dated August 31 from Breslau is signed by the Prussian General der Kavallerie Wilhelm von Tumpling. Wilhelm von Tumpling 1809-1884 commanded a division in the Austro-Prussian War and the VI Army Corps during the Franco-Prussian War. Folded several times vertically and once horizontally with short tears to the top and bottom edges of the vertical folds and a longer tear along most of the horizontal center fold which has been repaired with clear archival document tape. There is early tape repair to two of the short tears at the top and bottom of the document.</p><p>Frederick Friedrich III 1831-1888. the German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days. The son of the King of Prussia Emperor Wilhelm I Frederick was raised in his family's military tradition. Although a reluctant warrior Frederick served in high levels of command in the 3 wars that led to German unification. In the Second Schleswig War of 1864 he was an advisor on the staff of Field Marshal Wrangel. During the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 he commanded the Prussian Second Army. He turned a potential stalemate into a Prussian victory at the Battle of Koenigraetz. In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 he was Commander of the Third Army leading his forces to victories in the Battles of Wissembourg and Worth. At the Siege of Sedan his troops surrounded the French army and captured Emperor Napoleon III. Frederick was a vigorous opponent of Bismarck and was popular with ordinary soldiers.</p> August 29, 1868.
16-6144Paris: Béthume et Plon 1837-1839. Portfolio with sheets loose s issued. Original boards and ties. 37 x 56cm. Ca. 100 pages of letterpress descriptions and facsimiles of signatures. 41 lithographic plates mainly by German artists. Some plates with foxing in teh margins.in-folio oblong en feuilles sous portefeuille en demi-percaline brune à coins àlacets grande étiquette de titre illustrée.Ensemble de 41 planches dont deux planches en couleurs.Mit Lithographien von Champin Cuvelier André Durand Freeman Granet Grevedon Gsell Jaime Julien Lassalle Lebnert Maggiolo Maurin ainé Raffert Saint-Aulaire Schinck Tirpenne nach Zeichnungen von Eduard v. Bendemann Auguste Callcott Amaury Duval Jacob Genssler Grandville "Walter Scott Scherif liesant le Riot-Act à Alexandre Rassemblement" Victor Hugo erste Veröffentlichung von 2 Zeichnungen Li-Lian-Tun "Vue intérieure d'un théatre au Japon" çu.a. Außerdem Autographen von Alexander I. Zar von Russland Beethoven Lucien Bonaparte Katharina der Großen Oliver Chromwell Erasmus von Rotterdam Friedrich II. Goethe Alexander v. Humboldt Melanchthon Moliere Napoleon I. Puschkin Rabelais Rubens Schiller Washington u.v.m. Subskribiert wurde das Album von zahlr. wichtigen Staats-Oberhäuptern der ganzen Welt darunter Präsident van Buren USA Leopold I. Belgien das franz. Königshaus Königin Victoria GB und Sultan Mahmoud II. Türkei außerdem von allen deutschen Herrscherhäusern und den Hansestädten Bremen und Hamburgquelques rousseurs [Paris: Béthume et Plon, 1837-1839?] hardcover
1751B2289Berlin & the Hague: Jean Neaulme c. 1751. An excellent copy text and maps are clean and crisp. Edition: New Edition Binding: Contemporary full calf with decorative floral gilt-tooled border rebacked expertly in seven compartments of raised bands gilt lettering on two all edges tinted red endpapers marbled. Size: 4to Illustration: Title pages in red and black with engraved devices and with two folding maps as well as elaborate initials and head- and tail-pieces. Volume: Two volumes in one. Pages: P. half-title blank title blank 4 v-xvi 1-180; half-title blank title blank 181-385 errata. Category: Book Europe Germany Jean Neaulme hardcover
184993589London: David Bogue 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London David Bogue 1849 first edition in English. Octavo two volumes xvi 338 and vi 378 pages plus a frontispiece in the first volume and 3 small folding maps all with a little hand-colouring. Early half calf and marbled papered boards with all edges marbled and matching marbled endpapers; leather a little rubbed and marked with light tidemarks near the joints of the first volume; tidemark to the frontispiece; scattered foxing; an excellent set. The frontispiece with an image size 188 × 114 mm without any margins has been mounted on thick paper; presumably this was done at the time the book was bound in the nineteenth century. Prince Adalbert 1811-1873 was a Prussian naval theorist and admiral; several journeys led him between 1826 and 1842 to the Netherlands Britain Russia Turkey Greece and Brazil Wikipedia. He spent the last four months on 1842 in Brazil. Alexander von Humboldt makes the following comments in his three-page introduction to this translation: 'this interesting Work . conducts us through Brazil to the mouth of the Amazon River and through this into one of its important tributaries the Xingu the course of which is now explored for the first time. The Journal of Travels printed originally only for the perusal of his friends . is not in the strict sense of the word a scientific book; nevertheless it contains observations and views of nature and customs which reflect a vivid picture of the scenes which the Prince witnessed and passed through. Instruction is imparted in the most pleasing manner when an unaffected simplicity and an absence of all pretension pervade a work like this'. This set was purchased at the dispersal sale of the Hope family's historic property 'Wolta Wolta' at Clare in South Australia; there is some serendipity in this given the Schomburgk family's close connection with the state. Richard Schomburgk accompanied his explorer brother Robert on an expedition in 1840-44 to British Guiana as botanist and historian. He later published the three-volume account of the expedition before emigrating to South Australia where he was a pioneering vigneron and an influential head of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. 2 items. David Bogue hardcover
1777AQ23759London: Printed for J. Nourse 1777. 130pp. Later blind-ruled half-calf buff paper boards lettered in gilt armorial blind-stamps to both boards. Rubbed and marked joints split some loss to head of spine paper library shelf-label to foot. Bookplate of the Swansea Training College to FEP manuscript shelf-marks to FFEP occasional spotting. A remarkably rare survival of the first edition in English of Lettre sur l’education 1760 the declaration of Frederick II King of Prussia 1712-1785 announcing his desires regarding educational reform. Soon after the original Continental publication Frederick laid the basic foundations of what would eventually become the Prussian primary education system issuing in 1763 a decree for the first Prussian general school law based on the principles developed by Johann Julius Hecker. A true progressive in matters of learning he championed the acquisition of knowledge for the sake of knowledge and believed that women ought to be provided with the same opportunities of their male counterparts as the were no less capable: 'leur intelligence ne le cède point à celle de l'homme et même qu'avec une éducation plus mâle elles l'emporteraient sur nous'. 'Their intelligence does not yield to that of man and even that with a more masculine education they would prevail over us'. ESTC records a single copy Miami. ESTC N33830. First edition in English. 8vo. Printed for J. Nourse hardcover
18742107090045London : Printed under the Superintendence of Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Prussia's account of the Franco-Prussian War Deutsch-Franzosische Krieg with interesting American provenance 4 volume set. Bound in publisher's red cloth. Includes: Part 1. History of the war to the downfall of the empire: Vol.1. From the outbreak of hostilities to the battle of Gravelotte; Vol.1 Part I Maps 22 fold out maps in case. Note: The case has a split; Vol.2. From the battle of Gravelotte to the downfall of the empire.; Vol.2 Part 2. Maps 11 maps in case. Pagination: Vol. 1: pt. 1: viii 439 143 p. 1 map ; pt. 2: iv 543 120 p. 2 maps. Water damage cover wear to V.1 part 1 with the front board nearly detached. The text is generally in good condition though. <br> Interesting provenance: From the estate of Colonel Truman Smith 1893-1970. Smith was personal advisor to General George C. Marshall. Yale class of 1915. Awarded the Silver Star and Distinguished Service Medal. The volume was owned by his father Capt Edmund Dickinson Smith. E.D. Smith 1857-1900 was killed in the Spanish American War in Sogod Island Cebu Philipines. Smith was the son of Senator Truman Smith of CT. Signed "E.D. Smith 19' Inf." West Point class of 1879. London : Printed under the Superintendence of Her Majesty's Stationery Office hardcover
178931688Amsterdam: J. G. Treuttel. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1789. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Military; Maps Military; French Revolution; 18th Century; Patial color and b/w; Folio 13" - 23" tal; Recueil des plans de batailles sieges et combats arrives dans les expeditions memorables da la guerre de sept ans pour servir a l'intelligence des oeuvres Posthumes de Frederic II roi de Prusse. Contemporary boards worn. Binding sound. 17 x 13.5". Engraved partly hand-colored table 17 18 of 19 total engraved partly hand-colored battle maps 1756-1759- primarily large double-page & folding. Occasionally slightly toned but generally clean of markings and tears. On good quality paper. Ex-library - blind stamp on title page. . J. G. Treuttel hardcover
184925907London: David Bogue 1849. First edition in English of the rare privately printed German Aus meinem Tagebuche 1842-1843.; 2 volumes 8vo pp. xvi 338 1; v 1 377 1; frontispiece in volume I slightly offset onto title page vignette titles in both volumes 4 folding maps 3 hand-colored in outline; B5-6 crudely opened in volume I minor foxing; slight discoloration of the spine else a very good copy in original brown cloth gilt-lettered spines. Adalbert 1811-73 was a German nobleman and explorer who traveled for four months in open boats in 1842 and 1843 primarily along the Amazon from the delta to the Rio Xingu thence to Sousel finally ascending the cataracts into tribal territory. "Of all the tributaries of the Amazon the Xingu was the least known and Adalbert's survey was the first of its kind but saw only the lowest 300 kilometres of the river. In fact the upper Xingu remained unexplored until Karl von den Steinem arrived at the headwaters . in August 1884" Howgego II A-3. Sabin 162; Borba de Moraes I 13. David Bogue unknown
1899055246Istanbul: Sabah Gazetesi / Mihran Matbaasi. AH 1316 1899. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine brown quarter leather bdg. brown boards with decorative embossing. Roy. 8vo. 24 x 17 cm. In Ottoman script Old Turkish with Arabic script. 176 p. 33 unnumbered b/w plates of views of the Middle Eastern cities Kaiser and queen's portraits ills. of their maritime voyages a general view of Beirut a panorama of Jerusalem in two pages The Government House and Lake Tiberia in Beirut a general view of Jaffa churches and castles and Masjid-i Aksa of Jerusalem Idlib the interior of the Umayyad Mosque in Jerusalem The Government House of Jaffa Beirut - Damascus railways street views and architectural buildings from Damascus the market place of Jaffa Bethlehem and the church views of Trablus-Sam i.e. Tripolis ruins of Baalbek and other numerous b/w photos published for only this book. Slight stains on pages a modern repair on a leaf with tape otherwise a very good copy. Bound together with "Eski Sevda" which is a compilation of Turkish tales. First and only edition of this richly illustrated scarce and uncommon book was printed for the German Emperor Wilhelm II and his wife Augusta Victoria the commemoration of the construction of Alman Çesmesi i.e. German Fountain in Constantinople and the first anniversary of the Wilhelm II's travel to the Ottoman Empire in 1898. The fountain's design was drawn by the architect Spitta and constructed by the architect Schoele with the German architect Carlitzik and Italian architect Joseph Anthony working on the project. The fountain was built in Germany and then transported piece by piece to Istanbul reassembled in its current site and officially opened on January 27 1901 on the birthday of German Emperor Wilhelm II. Wilhelm II's voyage to the Levant in 1898 was a state visit that the German Emperor undertook in the Ottoman Empire between 25 October and 12 November 1898. The Kaiser started his journey to the Ottoman Eyalets with Istanbul on 16 October 1898; then he went by yacht to Haifa on 25 October. After visiting Jerusalem and Bethlehem the Kaiser went back to Jaffa to embark on Beirut where he took the train passing Aley and Zahlé to reach Damascus on 7 November. This book is richly illustrated including many views of the cities of this voyage's destinations like Jerusalem Damascus Beirut Beirut Jafa Baalbek etc. On 10 November Wilhelm went to visit Baalbek before heading to Beirut to board his ship back home on 12 November. His visit spurred interest in the German Templer colonies in Palestine. One of the Kaiser's traveling companions Colonel Joseph von Ellrichshausen initiated the formation of a society for the advancement of the German settlements in Palestine named the Gesellschaft Zur Förderung der Deutschen Ansiedlungen in Palästina in Stuttgart. It enabled the settlers to acquire land for new settlements by offering them low-interest loans. A subsequent second wave of German settlers founded Wilhelma named after the Kaiser now called Bnei Atarot in 1902 near Lod Walhalla 1903 near the original Jaffa colony followed by Bethlehem of Galilee 1906. The German Settlement Society successfully encouraged some of the Templars to return to the official national Protestant Church. The non-Templar colony of Waldheim now Alonei Abba was subsequently founded next to Bethlehem of Galilee in 1907 by proselytized Templers now affiliated with the Old-Prussian State Church. The visit resulted in the highest-profile political event in the life of Theodor Herzl considered the founder of Zionism. Through the efforts of William Hechler via Frederick I Grand Duke of Baden Herzl publicly met Wilhelm II three times during the voyage once in Istanbul on 15 October 1898 and twice in Palestine 29 October and 2 November. The meetings significantly advanced Herzl's and Zionism's legitimacy in Jewish and world opinion. Wikipedia. Only one copy in OCLC Library of Congress. Karl Süssheim Collection no. 1300 900684728. Özege 7023 <br/> <br/> Sabah Gazetesi / Mihran Matbaasi., [AH 1316] hardcover
65567London: David Bogue 1849. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 2 vols. 8vo. 22 x 14 cm. pp.xvi3381 colophon; v3771 colophon. Publisher's original dark green blindstamped cloth upper covers with gilt stamped eagle vignette spines with gilt lettering yellow-coated endpaers. Lithographic frontispiece and 4 lithographic maps with outline colour 3 folding including map frontispiece to Volume 2 two title vignettes. Ex libris Ralph Gerard Leycester 1817-1851 member of the English landed gentry associated with Toft Hall a historic country estate near Knutsford in Cheshire with his inscription to front pastedowns. The odd instance of occasional spotting generally an excellent set the cloth being particularly bright and well preserved in the original cloth. Scarce first English edition preface by Alexander von Humboldt after the first edition 1847 in German limited to 100 copies. Adalbert von Preußen 1811–1873 was a naval expert who consulted several governments and travelled widely. Adalbert's travel diary gives a vivid picture of Brazil during the early 1840s with observations on trade and economy wildlife including hunting occasionally and vegetation encounters with indigenous peoples and rambles in the Amazon basin. With additional chapters on Mount Etna the Alhambra Gibraltar Cadiz Madeira Teneriffe and Rio de Janeiro. There are two issues of this edition one with Humboldt's name on the title the other one without. 'The two issues differ in no other way' Borba de Moraes. Sabin 162 London: David Bogue, 1849. hardcover
1787018048Berlin Venise: Vieweg Formaleoni Storti 1787-92. 25 tomi riuniti in 13 volumi in 8vo 125x19 cm con titoli separati. In lingua francese. Legatura in mezza pelle del tempo dorso liscio ornato e dorato con doppio tassello rosso e verde. Qualche usura a una cuffia; piccoli fori di tarlo nel dorso e nel bianco di qualche volume quasi invisibili. Ex libris Biblioteca Polesini e bollo a inchiostro della medesima biblioteca agli occhielli e in un paio di casi anche ai titoli etichette a ldorso dei volumi. --- Vol 1 tomi 1 e 2: Memoire pour servir a lhistoire de Brandebourg. Première partie seconde. Berlin Venezia Formaleoni 1787. Con XII-232pp; 248pp. --- Vol 2 tomi 3 e 4: Correspondence familière et amicale. avec U. F. de Suhn. Première partie seconde. Berlino Venezia Formaleoni 1787. Con 136pp; 200pp. --- Vol 3 tomi 5 e 6: Histoire de mon temps. Tome I II. Berlino Venezia Storti 1789 // Da questo tomo luogo e nome dello stampatore non cambiano più//. Con 294pp-2; 343pp-3. --- Vol 4 tomi 7 e 8: Histoire de la guerre de Sept Ans. Tome I .III. 1789. Con 4-366pp-2; 208pp-1. --- Vol 5 tomi 9 e 10: segue 224pp-1. Memoires depuis la paix de Hubertsbourg jusqa la fin du partage de la Pologne et de la guerre de 1788. 1789. Con 295pp.1 --- Vol 6 tomi 11 e 12. Correspondence. au sujet de la succession de la Bavière. 1789. Con 4-279pp-2. Poesies. 1789. Con 4-313pp-2. --- Vol 7 tomi 13 e 14. Poesies. Seconde partie. 1789. Con 303pp-4. Correspondence. avec M Jordan et avec M. de Voltaire. 1790. Con 320pp. --- Vol 8 tomi 15 e 16. Suite de la correspondance avec Voltaire. 1790. Con 304pp. Suite de la correspondance avec Voltaire. 1790. Con 315pp. --- Vol 9 tomi 17 e 18. Correspondance. avec DAlembert. 1790. Con 334pp. Suite de la correspondance. 1790. Con 304pp. --- Vol 10 tomi 19 e 20. Correspondance du marquis dArgens. 1791. Con 352pp. Correspondance de M. DAlembert. 1791. Con 285pp. --- Vol 11 tomi 21 e 22. Correspondance de M; DAlembert. 1791. Con 278pp. LAntimachiavel ou examen du Prince de Machiavel avec des notes. 1792. Con XXII-328pp.--- Vol 12 tomi 23 e 24. LArt de la guerre. 1792. Con 328pp. Epitres familières et autres oeuvres. 1792. Con 226pp.--- Vol 13 tomo 25. Essai sur la vie et le règne de Frédéric II roi de Prusse par M. labbé Denina. 1792. Con 472pp. Al titolo la menzione première partie ma lopera è completa senza partizioni. Il nome dell'ed. tedesco Federic Viweg l'aine sul verso dell'occhietto del v. 3. Bell'esemplare completo di questa edizione delle opere di Federico Secondo di Prussia il re filosofo. Vieweg, Formaleoni, Storti unknown
18153633626/03/1815. <p>In 1815 Berlin had been liberated from Napoleon for just 2 years and the Palais am Wilhelmsplatz in Berlin was a key aristocratic residence near the Wilhelmstrasse which was becoming a hub for government and high society. This area was crucial for military leadership and elite housing near the Brandenburg Gate often used by Prussian royal families and high-ranking officials during the post-Napoleonic era.</p><p>Composed just days after Napoleon Bonaparte returned to power in France March 1815 and Prussia had reason to fear another invasion this letter offers a glimpse into the private concerns of the Prussian royal family at a moment of major European upheaval. Despite the looming political crisis the correspondence reflects the everyday workings of aristocratic patronage property management and family influence within the Prussian court.</p><p>Princess Charlotte <strong>Autograph letter signed</strong> March 26 1815 to Prince Friedrich of Prussia just 6 days after Napoleon's arrival in Paris for his famed 100 days.</p><p><em>""Esteemed uncle A gray eternity has passed since my eyes last gazed upon your gentle countenance I feel anxious and I long to see you again. Two matters urge me today to burden you with my lines; firstly to find out about your health and how my uncle is doing; and secondly it is a request to you on behalf of Ms. von Kleist who would so much like to live in some rooms in your unused Palais at the Wilhelmsplatz. Aunt Hußen has already written to you in this regard and you didn’t know whether the King would allow it. Now I received a letter from Papa yesterday who told me that he cannot grant the request as it concerns the Johanniter Palais and is therefore at the disposal of his brother Heinrich; so he leaves it up to you and as one can see he will not mind; and is it not true that you are not using the whole large building at all and that you will heed my request all the more so since it is your aunt Auguste’s wish I am counting on your generosity and kindness my one and beloved uncle and I am waiting for a favorable response; as I am kissing your gracious hands in my mind until it can soon be done in actuality – your Charlotte""</em></p><p><img class=""alignnone wp-image-25018 size-post-window"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204144051/Folder-site-11-1600x1327.jpg"" alt=""historical memorabilia dealer"" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /></p> unknown
19001649241900-01. Ten-thousand words of musings on democracy aristocracy and plutocracy An extensive manuscript being Kaiser Wilhelm's unpublished translation into German of an article covering political theory from the English journal The Quarterly Review. The original article by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson published in the October 1900 issue of the journal pp. 359-80 was nominally a review of eight recent books on political philosophy among them Heinrich von Treitschke's Politik E. L. Godkin's Problems of Modern Democracy and Theodore Roosevelt's American Ideals. In practice as standard for the Quarterly Review the article used the reviewed works as a starting point for a wider discourse. The article would have clearly appealed to the Kaiser. It begins by asking whether political philosophy even exists and the author notes that historically political philosophy is characterized by absolutism. However he observes that there is now a shift towards relativism. The trend in modern politics is the state's growing power and size those in control increasingly influenced by plutocracy. He argues that the House of Commons gradually ceded its power to the Cabinet risking a shift in British democracy towards the American plutocratic system. The solution is to preserve an aristocracy but one based on training and ability rather than birth. Wilhelm has dated the first page "25.12.1900" and "2.2.1901" and the last page "17.2.1901" presumably the dates between which he translated it. The lengthy project totalled around ten thousand words. He has made a few corrections and underlined some words for emphasis. Generally the manuscript is written confidently in Wilhelm's bold hand. Wilhelm had an English mother the eldest child of Queen Victoria and spoke English fluently though from his boyhood preferred the Prussian militarist and autocratic teachings of his tutors to the British liberalism of his mother. Wilhelm had been Kaiser for 13 years when he undertook the translation and his reasons for doing so are unknown. He was always deeply interested in political ideas the preservation of the German order and in Britain's development and its threat to German power. A typed transcript of the German translation and a photocopy of the Quarterly Review article is included. Manuscript 38 bifolia with full-page manuscript on 77 pages and running heading "Politik" on first page of each except the first; page size 235 x 202 mm; Wilhelm's coat of arms embossed in silver at head. Housed in custom quarter leather solander box. Very light soiling. In excellent condition. hardcover