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Eléazar de MAUVILLON

Histoire de Frederic Guillaume I. roi de Prusse et electeur de Brandebourg, &c. &c. &c

Chez Arkstée & Merkus, à Amsterdam & Leipzig 1741, in-12 (9,5x16,6cm), (6) 417pp. et (4) 444pp., 2 volumes reliés.

First Edition illustrated two frontispieces (portraits of William I. and Queen Sophie) and a vignette title repeatedly. The edition Mauvillon are rare as well as books about Frederick William 1. Full speckled brown sheepskin contemporary. Back to nerves ornate. Part of title in red morocco. Head cover of Volume II slightly threadbare; tail tome I threadbare. 4 corners bumped. Good copy. From the Hohenzollern family, his father Frederic had obtained the crown of Prussia and passed to his son who was the second king of Prussia. He was called Sergeant king or the king soldier was a violent and irascible tyrant, he réadministra prussia into a military monarchy (the amée went from 40,000 to 80,000 men under his reign), the liquidation court and administration to achieve savings for maintain an army (in one year it will lower the costs of the court 80 percent), and gave a foreign policy prestige, cordially detested the world of letters and culture who suffered under his reign . Prussia became militaristic and extended his possessions to the north. The book Mauvillon did not appear until a year after the death of the monarch, and was dedicated to Frederick II, known as the policy was at any point opposite to that of his father, be it in the humanities and the court. Bookplate eighteenth weapons DD Francisci D Bournonulle. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information!

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