Das Leben und heroische Thaten des Königs von Preussen, Friedrichs des III [i.e., II] : von seiner Geburth an, bis zu Ende des 1760sten Jahrs, zusamt denen merckwürdigsten Kriegs-Begebenheiten welche sich im vorigen Krieg mit ihm zugetragen haben, und dann auch dessen, was in diesem jetzigen Krieg vorgefallen, so weit er mit drein verwickelt ist / zuerst in englischer Sprache heraus gegeben durch W.H. Dilworth 1758, und nun ins Deutsche übersetzt und vermehrt.
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TextLanguage: German Original language: English Publication details: Germanton [Pa.] : Gedruckt und zu haben bey Christoph Saur, 1761.Description: 287, [1] p. ; 17 cm. (8vo)General note: "The first 165 pages are a translation of Dilworth's work, the following pages being a compilation from later accounts."--Evans. Although the title and text consistently identify him as Friedrich III, the subject of this work is in fact Friedrich II, known as Frederick the Great; Signatures: A-S€;
Errors in paging: p. 61, 200, 201, 204, 208 misnumbered 46, 199, 200, 203, 207;
Advertised in Pensylvanische Bericht, Apr. 24, 1761.Citations: Seidensticker, O. German printing, p. 55;
Evans 8841;
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1725;
First cent. of German lang. printing in the U.S., 233.Printer/Publisher: Sower, Christopher, 1721-1784, printer.Imprint: Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1761.
Pennsylvania. Germantown. 1761.Uniform titles:
- Life and heroick actions of Frederick III King of Prussia. German
- Seidensticker, O. German printing,
- Evans
- Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,
- First cent. of German lang. printing in the U.S.,
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"The first 165 pages are a translation of Dilworth's work, the following pages being a compilation from later accounts."--Evans. Although the title and text consistently identify him as Friedrich III, the subject of this work is in fact Friedrich II, known as Frederick the Great.
Signatures: A-S€.
Errors in paging: p. 61, 200, 201, 204, 208 misnumbered 46, 199, 200, 203, 207.
Advertised in Pensylvanische Bericht, Apr. 24, 1761.
Seidensticker, O. German printing, p. 55
Evans 8841
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1725
First cent. of German lang. printing in the U.S., 233