124 - KUGLER (F.). The History of Frederick the Great. Illustrated by Adolph von Menzel. Leipzig: Verlag der J. J. Weber’schen Buchhandlung, 1840. Large 8vo, light brown long-grain half-maroq, spine decorated lengthwise, corners intact, untrimmed. (Mercier, successor to his father, 1912).

KUGLER (F.). The History of Frederick the Great. Illustrated by Adolph von Menzel. Leipzig: Verlag der J. J. Weber’schen Buchhandlung, 1840. Large 8vo, light brown long-grain half-maroq, spine decorated lengthwise, corners intact, untrimmed. (Mercier, successor to his father, 1912). FIRST EDITION with frontispiece and 400 woodcut illustrations in the text and as full-page plates by Adolph von Menzel. “The book was virtually unknown in France when Mr. Beraldi, who had admired a poor-quality copy at a painter’s home, had the idea of having some brought from Berlin through Conquet, a magnificent installment edition that delighted all enthusiasts of wood engraving, for the book is admirably engraved” (Carteret). A very fine copy, including the 20 illustrated installment covers, bound at the end of the volume. Slight discoloration at the bottom of the binding). From the Villeboeuf and P. Duché libraries (ex-libris). (See illustration on p. 72)