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Storia della vita di Federigo II il Grande re di Prussia, elettore di Brandemburgo, &c.&c. Tratta da originali, e classici documenti da Domenico Caminer. Adornata di aneddoti, e ritratti.
Venezia presso Francesco Pitteri 1787 5 tomi in due voll. in-8°, pp. IV, 267; IV, 244; VIII, 262; 140, CLXX, (1); 265, 3 ritratti incisi f.t. in antiporta dei pri tre volumi, mancano i ritratti in antiporta dei volumi 4 e 5. Bella legatura coeva in mezza pelle, titolo e fregi in oro al dorso. Bell'esemplare.
Geschichte des gegenwärtigen Kriegs zwischen Russland, Polen und der Ottomanischen Pforte. Part 1 - 6 (out of 36).
Franckfurt & Leipzig, 1771. 4to. In contemporary half calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Corner bumped and boards with a few scratches. Internally very nice and clean. 152, (2), 100, (2), 76, (2), 82, (2), 82 pp. + 2 hand coloured folded maps, 7 portraits and 1 folded plate.
First German translation, part 1 to 6 only, of Carminer’s richly illustrated extensive work on the Russo-Turkish War of 1768 to 1774, with detailed accounts of the prehistory and course of the war, peace efforts, domestic political conditions, description of the Turkish state and its armed forces, and much more. The engravings include portraits of Mustafa III, Halil Pasha, Admiral Spiridov, Peter III, the Dardanelles Strait, among others. The work was first published in Venice in 1770 under the following title “Storia della guerra presente tra la Russia e la Porta Ottomana”.
