ORIGINAL ANECDOTES OF FREDERICK THE GREAT, KING OF PRUSSIA, AND OF HIS FAMILY, HIS COURT, HIS MINISTERS, HIS ACADEMIES, AND HIS LITERARY FRIENDS. Two Volumes. by Thiebault, Dieudonne (1733-1807) - 1806

Published by E. Bronson, at the Office of the United States' Gazette, Philadelphia: ., 1806 Two Volumes: pp. x, (1)-433; pp. iv, (1)-438. XLib bookplate of Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Library on front paste downs. XLib stamp on title pages and elsewhere. Foxed. Marbled endpapers. 8vo. 220 mm. Original full leather bindings, rubbed. Front board cracked at joint. Autograph ownership of Patton Ross (1778-1845). At his death he was the oldest member of the Bar in Lancaster, PA. Title continues: 'Collected During a Familiar Intercourse of Twenty Years With That Prince. Translated From the French of Dieudonne Thiebault'. Contents include such subject headings as: Frederic in his normal conversation; In his studies, his opinions and his literary compositions; Frederic the First; William the First; The Queen of Prussia; William-Augustus; William the Second; Prince Henry; Prince Ferdinand; Princess Ulrica; Queen Dowager of Sweden; Princess Amelia of Prussia, Abbess of Qeudlinberg; The Duchess of Brunswick and her children; Festivals, Marriages and Travellers; Schaffskotsch, Schlaberndorff and Bastiani; Poelnitz; Madame de Troussel; Foreign Ambassadors. civil government of Frederic; Of Laws; Foreign Affairs; The Grand Directory; Finances; Military Government - General Ziethen - Mullendorff - General Brewer - General Ramin - Lentulus - General de Pirch; His Academy, His Schools, and his Friends, Literary & Philosophical; Etc. Etc. PAIMP 21. Hardcover.