(Cölln,G.F.W.v.). Lot n° 1135

Confidential letters about the internal conditions at the Prussian court since the death of Frederick II with notes a. additions. 6 vols. Amsterdam a. Cologne, Peter Hammer (i.e.: Lpz., Gräff) 1807-09. With 3 (2 of them partly coloured) folded. engraved maps a. 3 folded. Tables. Bindery d. Zt. with ribbon. (Rubbed and best.). ADB IV, 411 f. Hayn/G. VI, 279: "Interesting journal, which caused great sensation by the frank assessment of the gross abuses in the Prussian army and state of its time". Holzmann/B. I, 8014. Weller I, 207. First edition. - Because of the rich source material still valuable and interesting attempt to reveal the causes of the decline of Frederician Prussia. The ruthlessness with which Georg Friedrich Willibald Ferdinand von Cölln (1766-1820) criticizes the conditions in state administration, military system as well as nobility, accuses the warfare 1806-07, caused a lively sensation after publication and led to several new editions. - Partly with inserted. Secondary title Beytrag zur Geschichte des Krieges in Preußen, Schlesien und Pohlen in den Jahren 1806 und 1807. The coppers mentioned in vol. 3 were according to Hayn/G. "on the red original covers", therefore not present here. Without folded. Somewhat spotted and browned. - Coat-of-arms bookplate Seibertz zu Wildenberg.