Paris, Jombert, 1755. 8vo. Uniformly bound in two contemporary full mottled calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. All edges coloured in red and edges of boards gilt. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spines. Front board of vol. 1 with a bit of loss of leather. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper of vol. 2. Internally nice and clean. XII, 266 pp. (2), 311 pp.
Nice set of this collection of letters originally written in Swedish by Count Carl Gustaf Tessin. The letters were addressed to the young Prince of Sweden who later became King Gustav III, during the time Tessin served as his governor. The letters focus on the prince's education, reflecting Tessin's role in shaping the future king’s intellectual development and political thought.