Extracts of Two letters, Wrote originally in German, from the Reverend Mr. Sorge, at Shildberg, in the Newmark, dated the 3d and 14th of October, 1758, to tow of his Friends; Giving a particular and very affectionate Account of the horrid Cruelties and Barbarities committed by the Russians on the King of Prussia’s Dominions, since the Commencement of the present War

Published by [Boston]: London: Printed. Boston: Re-printed and Sold at Fowle and Draper’s Printing Office, opposite the Lion & Bell, in Marlborough-Street, 1759

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12mo pamphlet (19 cm), removed from sammelband. v, [2], 8-23, [1] pp. 1 publ. ad. A vivid account of hostile encounters with Russian soldiers during the Prussia vs. Austria/Russia conflict in the Seven Year War. Russian troop atrocities against clergy and villagers are described; the author categorizes the Russians into three different sorts: "First Cossacks, they are of a middle size, strong bodied, and of a terrible countenance; they would feign kill one with their looks, and are void of all humanity. They wear a red Polish coat, a short blue waistcoat and upon their bare head a little red cap." Sorge describes in depth the following Cossack arms: a 15 ft. sharpened iron rod, two pistols, a musket, sabre, wide knife, whip and more. And continues with "Second, Callmuks, these are still more cruel than the former; they wear blue, and instead of arms they make use of bows and arrows . Third, Carcolpaks, these are a terrible people, they are very big, wear grey, and know nothing of shirts. They all serve on horseback, and are as quick as eagles." Includes dedication by unidentified G. W. REFERENCES: American Imprints 41078. CONDITION: Good, minor stains.…

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Extracts of Two letters, Wrote originally in German, from the Reverend Mr. Sorge, at Shildberg, in the Newmark, dated the 3d and 14th of October, 1758, to tow of his Friends; Giving a particular and very affectionate Account of the horrid Cruelties and Barbarities committed by the Russians on the King of Prussia’s Dominions, since the Commencement of the present War
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Sorge, Reverend Mr
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[Boston]: London: Printed. Boston: Re-printed and Sold at Fowle and Draper’s Printing Office, opposite the Lion & Bell, in Marlborough-Street, 1759

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James Arsenault & Company was established in 1988. Our stock includes fine and rare books in a variety of fields, including Americana & Early American Imprints, Trade Catalogs, Book Arts & Printing History, Early Photography, Plate Books, Literary First Editions, and Signed & Inscribed Books, as well as Autographs & Manuscripts, Maps, Prints, Photographs and Ephemera. We are members in good standing of the ABAA and have exhibited for many years at numerous antiquarian book fairs in the northeast and in California.…

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