Jean-Charles Thibault de LAVEAUX
Vie de Frédéric II. Roi de Prusse
Chez J. G. Treuttel|à Strasbourg 1788 - 1789|12.50 x 20 cm|7 volumes reliés
Edition with some parts in first edition. The first 3 volumes appeared in 1787, the fourth in 1788 (12mo without engraved titles); 3 other volumes were published in 1789 as supplements, containing letters. Finally, 2 other volumes appeared in 1792 and are rarely found with the first ones, with various pieces and letters. A frontispiece portrait. 7 beautifully engraved title pages with 4 different vignettes, some repeated in volumes 5 to 7. Attribution to Thibault de Lavaux by Barbier.
Contemporary full marbled blonde calf bindings. Smooth spines decorated with 4 small fleurons. Red morocco title labels and green morocco volume labels. Spines sunned. Large rubbing to upper board of volumes I...
Contemporary full marbled blonde calf bindings. Smooth spines decorated with 4 small fleurons. Red morocco title labels and green morocco volume labels. Spines sunned. Large rubbing to upper board of volumes I...
€700