Trenck baron frederic (12 resultados)

Half-Leather. Condición: Good Minus. Brown embossed cloth hardcover, has worn corners and board edges. Inside there is some light age toning. One page inside the book is partially loose. Still overall gilt on spine looks good and book is straight. Email us for a photo. We ship fast. Illustrated (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Good minus copy of the three volume Second Edition of 1789. Set was rebound and the half title pages and the frontispiece are missing, The half leather binding has issues with all three spines splitting and they are currently taped on. Text block is clean and tight. 380, 352, 336 pages. Location W20. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 4th Edition. Frontispiece, Viii, 390; (Ii), 356; (Ii), 386. Volume Iii Begins With "Anecdotes Of The Life Of Alexander Schell, An Officer Of The Guard, In The Fortress Of Glatz, Who Delivered Me From Prison On Th E 26Th Of December 1746, And Deserted In My Company" Pp 1-65, Then A New Half Title "The Life Of Baron Frederic Trenck" In The Rest Of The Volume, In Which He Refers To Continuing His Autobiography To The Year 1792, "The Present Year", With More Material On Schell. This Is Apparently The Fourth And Best Edition. Original Quarter Calf Over Marbled Paper Boards, Complete With All Half-Titles And The Introductory Leaf In Volume I Which Explains The Frontispiece. Bindings Worn, Mostly On Spine, With Upper And Lower Edges Worn Away; Paper Covered Boards Once Had Calf Tips Which Are Now Lacking. Boards Worn On Edges But Most Of Paper Is Still Present. No Names Or Marks Or Bookplates. This Edition With The New Material Is Quite Scarce, Worldcat Reporting Only Three Institutional Copies. Friedrich Freiherr Von Der Trenck (1726 -1794) Was A Prussian Officer, Adventurer, And Author. By The Order Of Austria, Von Der Trenck Was Sent As An Observer Of The Events Of The French Revolution To Paris, Where He Was Accused As A Spy And Executed By The Guillotine On 25 July 1794, Two Days Before The Fall Of Robespierre And The End Of The Terror. Frontispiece (ilustrador). …

345 pp. Engraved frontispiece. 16mo, old full sheep. Old ink ownership signature; circular burn about 1 inch in diameter affects the lower corner of the rear board and the last dozen leaves (loss of only a few letters of text). The first gathering is nearly detached. Binding worn.

Couverture rigide. Condición: Très bon. 2 volumes reliures pleine basane fauve de l'époque, dos à nerfs ornés, pièces de titre de cuir marron, pièces de tomaison de cuir vert, tranches teintées rouge, portrait en frontispice, XXI et 166 pages, 185 pages [1]. Frédéric, Baron de Trenck, né en 1726, intègre l'armée prussienne en 1742. Intrépide et aventurier, il séduit la princesse Amélie, soeur du roi Frédéric II, mais ce dernier, mis au fait, l'enferme dans la forteresse de Glatz d'où notre héros s'échappe en 1746 pour entrer au service de la Russie. A la mort de son cousin François en 1749, Frédéric retourne en Allemagne pour s'occuper de son héritage. Arrêté de nouveau par Frédéric II il est confiné pendant dix ans à Magdebourg, chargé de 68 livres de chaînes. On le retrouvera plus tard à Paris en 1791. Dénoncé comme espion autrichien, il finira sur l'échafaud le 25 juillet 1794. Bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request ). …

Couverture rigide. Imp. de Claude Lamort | Metz 1788 | 10.50 x 18.50 cm | 2 volumes reliés | Troisième édition en grande partie originale car corrigée et considérablement augmentée. Reliure à la bradel en plein cartonnage recouvert de papier à la cuve, dos lisses légèrement brunis, petits manques de papier sans gravité en queues des dos, deux coins émoussés, ex-libris encollés aux versos des premiers plats de reliure. Quelques petites rousseurs, derniers feuillets marginalement tachés avec manques angulaires sans atteinte au texte à la dernière page. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] Third edition, largely original as it is corrected and considerably expanded. Bradel binding in full boards covered with marbled paper, smooth spines slightly browned, small harmless paper lacks at foot of spines, two corners slightly bumped, bookplates pasted to verso of front boards. Some light foxing, final leaves marginally stained with corner lacks not affecting text on last page. *.…

Couverture rigide. Condición: Bon état. Deux tomes en 1 vol. in-12, demi-veau blond, dos lisse orné de filets dorés et à froid et de fers spéciaux, XXII-168-167 pp. Frontispice gravé. Reliure fanée, dos passé, plats frottés, coins usés, un mors fendillé en tête, quelques brunissures éparses, qq. ff. lég. effrangés et qq. crayonnages gris. L'ascension et la chute du grand capitaine, favori de Frédéric II, puis son prisonnier, pour finir au cur de la Révolution française. Le frontispice représente le baron en chaînes dans sa prison de Magdebourg avec l'explication de son supplice. in-12°. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Four volumes complete as issued. 1492 pages. Engraving frontis volume I. Full leather bindings with raised bands on spines. Volumes II and III have what appears to be a burnt area top back cover and spine. All four volumes have various amounts of rubbing to cover edges. Else, all books are in very good condition. (E5).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Second Edition, 3 vols, contemporary tree calf gilt, morocco numbering labels. Slight wear & unobtrusively lacking title labels. Bound without half-titles : text with a few short tears, slight soiling of some first & last leaves. Very good firm & attractive copy in original binding. ** With the engraved portrait of Trenck elegantly posed in chains in a gloomy dungeon : but bound without the prelim Explanation Of Plate leaf. *** Scarce 2nd Edition : not listed by Colby : not in British Library or NUC. *** Famous autobiography: drawn on by William Godwin for his novel Things As They Are. *** Trenck 1726-94, celebrated Austrian military adventurer imprisoned for his affair with the sister of Frederick II of Prussia : his attempts at escape were of 'incredible audacity'. He moved to Paris to spectate the French Revolution : having lived through the Terror, he was denounced as an Austrian spy & guillotined. 'One of Holcroft's most successful translations' [Colby]. *** Colby lists Holcroft's 1788 1st Edition, also the 3rd & various other editions, but not this 2nd Edition : and no copy in BL or NUC. See 18thcSTC listing only the Cambridge & London University copies of this 2nd Edition .See Blakey listing only the 4th Edition, Minerva 1817. ***** To confirm availability before ordering, please click the link Ask Bookseller A Question. …

Berlin et Paris, Buisson et Maradan, 1788 - Traduction de M. le Tourneur - In-12 - 2 T. sur 3, T. I & III - Reliure d'époque plein veau marbré - Dos lisse avec caissons fleuronnés avec filets or et ornements,Titre & tomaison dorés - Ecoinçons dorés sur les plats - Roulettes sur les tranches des plats - Gravure en frontispice - 35 pp de dédicace + 394 et 265 + 3 pages Frédéric Baron de Trenck, grand capitaine et issu d'une famille de militaire au service de la Prusse, fut le favori de Frédéric II, entièrement dévoué à son souverain, son amourette pour la sur du roi le fit emprisonné cruellement pour dix ans. Il s'en vint sa liberté retrouvée à Paris, et fut là accusé par Robespierre d'être un espion prussien Livres.…

A Metz, chez Lamort Devilly, 1788, volumi 2 rilegati in 1, cartonatura decorata moderna, pp. XIV, (2), 145, (3) - (4), 144. Con un'antiporta incisa in rame. Tracce di tarlo all'esterno e alle sguardie.

Condición: Bon état. 3 vol. in-8, veau glacé fauve flammé, dos lisses ornés de pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin rouge et vert et de filets et fleurons dorés, tranches mouchetées, VIII-XXX-419-(3), 400 et 403 pp. Premier tirage de cette édition illustrée comprenant un portrait et 9 figures de Borel gravées par Mansfeld, Lebert, etc. (Cohen, 986). Pittoresque récit du célèbre aventurier allemand, officier d'ordonnance de Frédéric II, qui sera guillotiné en 1794 comme espion à Paris. Reliure d'époque un peu épidermée mais très décorative, une petite découpe en page de titre de chaque volume.…