Original anecdotes of Frederic the Second, King of Prussia,. and of his family, his court, his ministers, his adademies, and his literary friends: collected during a familiar intercourse of twenty years with that prince. Translated from the French of Dieudonné Thiebault, Professor of Belles Lettres in the Royal Academy of Berlin. In two volumes.
Dieudonné Thiébault (1733-1807)
Category
Books
Date
1805
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3220030
Summary
Bibliographic description
Former shelfmark: L-C.4. MS shelfmarks to front pastedowns: C.III2/1; 4.B. Provenance: MS inscriptions on front flyleaves of vol.1: Elizabeth Pratt [i.e.: Lady Elizabeth Pratt (d.1826), sister of Lady Frances Pratt (c. 1751-1833), second wife of Robert Stewart (1739-1821)]. Nineteenth-century generic armorial bookplate: Londonderry, printed on pink paper. Binding: Nineteenth-century half green grained calf; recessed cords; spine direct-lettered in gilt: Original anecdotes; spine gold tooled.
Makers and roles
Dieudonné Thiébault (1733-1807)