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Der Kinderfreund - Ein Lied
From "Der Kinderfreund", volume 11, 1779. OK, not strictly Prussian, although Hanau where the book was published was annexed by Prussia after choosing…
Read more →Der Hauptmann von Köpenick
The Hauptmann von Köpenick was a petty crook who in 1906 dressed up as a prussian officer, commandeered some passing troops and used them to imprison…
Read more →Vom Kampf um Völkerfreiheit!
So, another book by the somewhat deranged Dulon has arrived, 'Vom Kampf un Völkerfreiheit', 1849/50. Two volumes in one binding for 33 Euros. Not so…
Read more →Auf Wiedersehen, v.d. Marwitz
For now at least. So yesterday morning before going to work I finally finished the second volume of v.d. Marwitz's Nachlasse (on Frederick the Great's…
Read more →Geist der Zeit
Neues altes Buch: Geist der Zeit von Ernst Moritz Arndt, 1806. Band 1, erste Ausgabe, €94. Ich freue mich auf einen Angriff auf den Pferdedieb.
Read more →Deutsche Geschichte und der Benedettistein
A nice purchase this week from Abe Books, all five volumes of Treitschke's Deutsche Geschichte, all by the same publisher but with different dates…
Read more →Beschreibung des Treffens bei Hagelsberg
I have to admit to struggling a little with the second volume of Marwiz's Nachlasse, so far it's mostly a list of people I haven't heard of riding…
Read more →Maps!
I'm now in the process of dismantling volume VII of Carlyle's History of Frederick the Great ready for rebinding. Once again it seemed like a good…
Read more →Aus dem Nachlasse von der Marwitz - Lebensbeschreibung
Well I've finally finished the first volume; Lebensbeschreibung, of Marwitz's Nachlasse, after starting reading it shortly after the New Year. I've…
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