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

£350 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

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.

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