TRENCK, F. v.d. Merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte. Neue verm. & verb. Aufl. Berl., 1787. 3 parts in 1 vol. (22), 256; (4), 269, (1); (16), 232 pp. W. 2 engr. front. Old brds. w. red edges. (Lower part of spine gone, bind. worn, some minor foxing).
Friedrich Freiherr v.d. Trenck (1726-94) entered the Prussian army in 1742. But within a year Frederick the Great had him arrested, because of a love affair with his sister Princess Amalie. He escaped in 1746. In 1791 he went to Paris to be a spectator of the Revolution and finally he was denounced as an Austrian spy and guillotined on the 25th of July 1994. - Hayn/Got. VII, 686. - Ex library copy Dr. J.G. Sleeswijk.€ 120
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