Memoirs of Frederick Baron Trenck, Written by Himself. Translated by an Officer of the Royal Academy
Published by printed for T. and J. Egerton, 1788
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Seller: The Literary Lion, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.The Literary Lion
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First edition in English, from the original in German in 1787. Two volumes, small octavo. [I - iii] iv - xiii [1] 2-222 and [i] [1] 2 - 222. Contains a dedication by the translator, not named but giving his initials as T.D., to Lord Heathfield, and the Author's dedication to the ghost of Frederick the Great. Trenck had been an orderly officer to Frederick the Great of Prussia during the Silesian War. At one point, after nearly being captured by Trenck's first cousin, the Austrian Baron Franz von der Trenck, the king decided that his orderly was a spy and had him imprisoned. Trenck's dedication here is an impassioned denial that he was ever a spy. Since King Frederick had died the previous year, the dedication is to his ghost. Trenck's memoirs became widely read. He was sent by the Austrian monarch to Paris to be an observer of the French Revolution. While there, he was accused by the French of being a spy, and was guillotined in July 1794. The bindings for this work are half brown calf over marbled boards by Mansell. Spines with raised bands, two morocco title labels and gilt in compartments. Bookplates on the front pastedowns and endpapers. Light scuffing to the spines, else a near fine, clean set.…
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- Title
- Memoirs of Frederick Baron Trenck, Written by Himself. Translated by an Officer of the Royal Academy
- Author
- Trenck, Frederick Baron
- Publisher
- printed for T. and J. Egerton
- Publication year
- 1788
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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