Mémoires d'un Gentilhome [sic.] Suédois écrits par Lui Même dans sa Retraite, l'Année 1784.

Engraved title page. C19th ownership incription to the front free endpaper crudely inked over, later ownership inscription below, some pencilled marginal annotations, otherwise very good in slightly later calf-backed marbled boards, just a little rubbed. [vi], iii-viii, 366pp. Chez S. Pitra, Libraire du Roi, Berlin,

Hordt [Johan Ludwig Haard] was involved in the Swedish Revolution, and fled the country into the service of Frederick the Great, his memoirs were used extensively by Carlyle in his History of Friedrich II.... He served with great distinction in the Seven Years' War, later being made Governor of Spandau.

This First Edition is moderately uncommon, OCLC records just seven copies.

Stock Code: 90192