LETTERS AND REFLECTIONS OF THE AUSTRIAN FIELD-MARSHAL PRINCE DE LIGNE Volumes I-II
Philadelphia: Bradford & Inskeep, 1809. Leather_bound. 120p., 119p. A hardcover book bound in full brown leather. The boards and spine are scuffed, and the boards are bowed outward. Front hinge is just starting to crack at the top but the front board remains securely attached. Two tony holes in the back edge of the spine. Front endpapers dampstained; early owner's neat inscription inside, dated 1813. Apart from a few blemishes in the margins, the pages are clean although some have bent corners. The binding is tight. Good, sturdy reading condition. Item #215048
Two volumes bound in one. "Containing Anecdotes Hitherto Unpublished of Joseph II, Catherine II, Frederick the Great, Rousseau, Voltaire, and Others with Interesting Remarks on the Turks. Baroness de Stael Holstein, ed. Translated from the French by D. Boileau. Memoirs and correspondence of Charles-Joseph, Prince of Ligne, 1735-1814, who was an Austrian field marshal during the Seven Years' War.
Price: $200.00