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Published by À Berlin, chez Chrétien Frédéric Voss Libraire (Vossische Buchhandlung), 1791., 1791
Seller: C O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany ., Berlin, Germany
First Edition
XII (Preface), 394; 1 blank, 382, 16 pages 'Supplement, ou Fautes à corriger'; foretitles, titlepages and subtitlepages are included in the pagination. - Richly gilt half-leather binding over 5 slightly raised bands with gilt titles and volume-number on red and black spinelabels, all edges red; 8vo.(ca. 16 x 11 x 5,5 cm). *** [Endgültig ausklingender FRÜHLINGS-VERKAUF / Ultimately fading SPRING-SALE: um fast 50% REDUZIERTER PREIS bis Montag 06.05.2024, 24 Uhr (PRICE REDUCTION of almost 50% until Monday, May 6th 2024); ursprünglicher Preis / originally EUR 165,-] --- FIRST EDITION (preceeding the first German of the same year), RARE CONTEMPORARILY DECORATIVELY (yet damaged*) BOUND ORIGINAL; [4 parts in] 2 VOLUMES COMPLETE. --- Binding somehwat-, corners stronger-, sharp-corners and bottom of spine strongly rubbed; upper third and bottom of joints slightly split; *) top of spine lacks almost 1-cm of leather, upper red spinelabel lacks right half; front flyleaf with large upper-corner-cutout (apparently to remove an ownership inscription of which a smallest trace remained) and with large pencil end-of-19th-century ownership-name 'Backschat'(Potsdam/Brandenburg regional historian); very first and very last pages slightly (inbetween only minimally) foxy, bottom of first pages with small spot; inner rear-panel with short manuscript note of the period ''(Gef. Rieth dü-Bois)[or so] (u) / ++ / A.a.38.''; else in best condition. --- Pöllnitz was a prussian writer and adventurer from a thuringian noble family. He spend his youth as playmate of later prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm [I] and - after a colourful life-on-the-go - his old age at the court of his (Friedrich's) son and successor Friedrich II 'der Große'.