Instruction Militaire du Roi de Prusse Pour Ses Généraux
FAESCH Mr. Georg Rudolph (1761)
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Traduite de L'Allemand par... Lieut. Col. dans les Troupes Saxonnes. Small 8vo. Thirteen folding plates. Light browning, slight damp-staining at the head of the first few leaves and last two plates, pp.145-160 misbound after the Table, but overall very good in contemporary cat's-paw calf, gilt, slightly rubbed, head and tail of the spine chipping. [vi], 160pp. Frankfurt & Leipsig,
Attractive copy of this French translation of Frederick's instructions. Written in 1747 they were printed in limited numbers in Berlin in 1753 and captured by the Austrians in 1760. Thereafter published by the Austrians, and as in this case, in French. An English translation first appeared the following year.
Uncommon. OCLC locates only five copies of this edition.
Stock Code: 68025
