De la Monarchie Prussienne, sous Frédéric le Grand; avec un appendice contenant des recherches sur la situation actuelle des principales contrées De L'allemagne. Tome I-IV. Le Comte de Mirabeau The Count of Mirabeau Honoré Gabriel Riqueti

De la Monarchie Prussienne, sous Frédéric le Grand; avec un appendice contenant des recherches sur la situation actuelle des principales contrées De L'allemagne Par le Comte de Mirabeau Tome I-IV. [On the Prussian Monarchy, under Frederick the Great; with an appendix containing research on the current situation of the principal countries of Germany By (Honoré Gabriel Riqueti) the Count of Mirabeau Volume I-IV]. Four-volume set. First edition. Quarto/4to. Each volume measures around 8" x 10 1/4" x 2" (203mm x 260mm x 50mm) Pagination: [4], xliv, 522, [2]; [4], 566, [6]; [4], 710; [4] 560, [3] pp. Published in London, 1788. Hardback, full mottled calf. Raised bands. Gilt-tooled borders to boards, gilt decoration to spines and gilt-blocked titles, with brown title labels and red volume labels. All page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece portrait of Frederick the Great to first volume, engraved by H Marais in 1788 after A Graf and a plate of the "Metropolis of Scotland Colledge" opposite page 489 of the third volume. Contains numerous foldout tables. Notes of errata at rear. Green silk ribbon markers to volumes I, II and IV, lacking in volume III. Ex-library books, containing typical markings including white library numbering to spines, labels and cards to front pastedowns and endpapers, and stamps to titles & final leaves. A little pencil writing to endpapers. Scuffing and marking to binding, some tearing. Other signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Bumped and torn corners and some chipping and loss to heads and tails of spines. Some cracking to hinges but binding quite firm. Some scuffing and marking to page edges but gilt detail still vivid. A little tearing to the odd page. Some toning, foxing, soiling and staining to endpapers. A little grub here and there and minor toning to outer edges throughout but otherwise page surfaces generally quite clean, with no underlining, marginalia, etc. A lovely set. See pictures for further information. About the author: Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Count of Mirabeau (French: [miʁabo]; 9 March 1749 - 2 April 1791) was a French writer, orator, statesman and a prominent figure of the early stages of the French Revolution. A member of the nobility, Mirabeau had been involved in numerous scandals that had left his reputation in ruins. Well-known for his oratory skills, Mirabeau quickly rose to the top of the French political hierarchy following his election to the Estates-General in 1789, and was recognized as a leader of the newly organized National Assembly. Among the revolutionaries, Mirabeau was an advocate of the moderate position of constitutional monarchy built on the model of Great Britain. He was also a leading member of the Jacobin Club. Mirabeau died of pericarditis in 1791 and was regarded as a national hero and a father of the Revolution. He received a grand burial and was the first to be interred at the Panthéon. During the 1792 Trial of Louis XVI, the discovery that Mirabeau had secretly been in the pay of the king brought him into posthumous disgrace, and two years later his remains were removed from the Panthéon. Historians are split on whether Mirabeau was a great leader who almost saved the nation from the Terror, a venal demagogue lacking political or moral values, or a traitor in the pay of the enemy. [Source: Wiki]