TRENCK, Friedrich, Freiherr von der. Memoirs of Frederick Baron Trenck written by himself. Translated from the German original by an officer of the Royal Artillery, London: T. and J. Egerton, 1788, 2 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION OF THIS TRANSLATION, engraved frontispiece of Trenck in prison, contemporary half calf over marbled boards (slight wear to spine of vol. I). (2)

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TRENCK, Friedrich, Freiherr von der. Memoirs of Frederick Baron Trenck written by himself. Translated from the German original by an officer of the Royal Artillery, London: T. and J. Egerton, 1788, 2 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION OF THIS TRANSLATION, engraved frontispiece of Trenck in prison, contemporary half calf over marbled boards (slight wear to spine of vol. I). (2)

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The first English translation of Trenck's Memoirs appeared in 1747. The present translation, the dedication to which is signed "T. D.," appeared in the same year as the fuller 3-volume translation by Thomas Holcroft -- to which a fourth volume was added in 1793.

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