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Briefwechsel Friedrichs des Grossen mit Voltaire [3 volume set] : Erster Teil: Briefwechsel des Kronprinzen Friedrich 1736-1740; Zweiter Teil: Briefwechsel König Friedrichs 1740-1753; Dritter Teil: Briefwechsel König Friedrichs 1753-1778

Friedrich, Preußen König II [Frederick II called Frederick the Great; Friedrich der Grosse]; Voltaire; Reinhold Koser und Hans Droysen (Herausgegeben von); [Association copy George R Havens]

Leipzig: Verlag Von S Hirzel, 1911.

Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Item #9849

Heavily annotated with underlining and marks, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcovers. ; French language letters; Vorwort, Zur literarischen Einführung, Anhang and footnotes in German language. Three of three volumes, complete set: I (1908), II (1909) and III (1911). Ownership signature of George R Havens on front paste-down of Volume III, noted scholar of the French Enlightenment and Ohio State professor. The letters document the nearly half-century intellectual and personal relationship between Frederick the Great of Prussia and Voltaire, begun with correspondence from Crown Prince Frederick in 1736. Documentation from the Prussian archives of Friedrich's correspondence with Voltaire, a significant part of 18th century intellectual history, from the library of an outstanding scholar of the period. ; Publikationen aus den K. Preussischen Staatsarchiven; xv, 368; 412; 471 in 3v pages.

Price: $299.95