Lot no. 283
Frederick II of Prussia
Podewils, Otto Christoph von
Frederick the Great and Maria Theresa. Diplomatic reports. Ed. by Carl Hinrichs. A. d. Franz. by Gertrud Countess v. Podewils-Dürniz. With 28 engraved plates after contemporary engravings. Engravings (these protected with silk shirts). Berlin, Decken (Schenk), 1937. 1 sheet. (empty) 156 pp., 3 pp. OLdr. (Spamer, Lpz.) over 5 false bands with floral, gilt embossed title, gilt embossed cover design and borders as well as inner edge fillets, endpapers of silk moiré, partly set into the boards, and gilt edges.
No. 47 of 100 copies numbered in the printing on laid paper, with 10 of the 28 copper plates hand-coloured and in a splendid hand binding. - Edition of the German translation of the report by Otto Chr. von Podewils, the Prussian diplomat, originally published in 1850 and scientifically supervised by Carl Hinrichs. - Covers with two minimal scratches, otherwise a well-preserved copy.
No. 47 of 100 numbered copies in laid paper Super-Royal, with 10 of the 28 copper plates in fresh hand-colouring, and bound in splendid morocco. - German translation of the report by Otto Chr. von Podewils, the Prussian diplomat, originally published in 1850, here scientifically supervised by Carl Hinrichs. - Boards with two minimal scratches, otherwise a well-preserved copy in the skilled morocco binding with Friedrich II.'s gilt embossed emblem on the front board.
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