Lot 382 Jean LeRond D´Alembert. D'Alembert an Friedrich II. …

D'Alembert an Friedrich II. über die Theilung Pohlens. Eine erfüllte Prophezeiung von einem Augenzeugen und Zeitgenossen der ersten beiden sächsischen Regierungen in Pohlen. (Übers. von Karl Fischer). / D´Alembert Frédéric II. sur le Démembrement de la Pologne Prédiction accomplie d' un contemporain témoin oculaire des deux premiers gouvernemens saxons en Pologne. (Franz.-dt.). Amsterdam u. Köln (d.i. Leipzig), Hammer, 1808. XCV, 184 S. Pp. d. Zt. mit RVerg. u. RSchild (etw. berieben u. leicht fleckig).

Friedrich II. von Preussen

Geschichtswissenschaften – Erste dt. Ausgabe. - Fromm 290 - Walther 300 - Henning 39 - Mit 27 Jahren errang d´Alembert schon einen Preis der Berliner Akademie und Friedrich hätte ihn gerne als Nachfolger von Maupertuis zum Präsidenten der Akademie gemacht, d´Alembert lehnte jedoch ab. - Selten, nur in 3 dt. Bibliotheken. - Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Pepperle mit seinem Namenszug in Bleistift auf Vorsatz.

History – Contemp. cardboard with gilt spine and spine label (lightly rubbed and spotted). - First German edition. - At the age of 27, d'Alembert won a prize from the Berlin Academy, and Friedrich would have liked to make him president of the Academy, succeeding Maupertuis, but d'Alembert declined. - Rare, found in only three German libraries. - From the library of Professor Pepperle, with his signature in pencil on the endpaper.

Startprice: 300 €
Estimate: 450 €

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