Apr 12, 2010 - Sale 2210

Sale 2210 - Lot 147

Price Realized: $ 900
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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
[FREDERICK II, King of Prussia.] De la Litterature Allemande; des Defauts qu'on peut lui reprocher; quelles en sont les Causes; et par quels Moyens on peut les corriger. 80 pages. 8vo, late 19th-/early 20th century calf, spine ends chipped; contents browned. Berlin: G. J. Decker, 1780
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first edition of Frederick the Great's polemic against what he viewed as the inadequacies of German literature, proposing the emulation of classical and French models as the remedy.