Instruction Militaire du Roi de Prusse Pour Ses Généraux

£250 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

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.

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