. Contant D'Orville - Anecdotes Germaniques - 1769

Germanic Anecdotes, from the year of the founding of Rome 648, and before the Christian era 106, up to our days. In Paris: at Vincent, bookseller-printer, rue S. Severin, 1769. Pp. IV. 727, (5); cm. 18 x 11. Solid and compact copy. Contemporary binding in full leather; spine rich with gold ornaments and with a title label: minimal flaws. Ornament on the frontispiece and initials all in woodcut. Natural browning due to the paper type. Original edition of the work by the Parisian writer André Guillaume Contant D'Orville. Interesting history of Germany seen chronologically and traversing historical events from Arminius, the Roman period, Charlemagne, the German emperors, up to Francis I: 1748 is the last year mentioned.