The life of Baron Frederic Trenck, containing his adventures; his cruel and excessive sufferings, during ten years imprisonment, at the fortress of Magdeburg, by command of the late King of Prussia; also, anecdotes historical, political and personal. Translated from the German, by Thomas Holcroft.

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  • The life of Baron Frederic Trenck, containing his adventures; his cruel and excessive sufferings, during ten years imprisonment, at the fortress of Magdeburg, by command of the late King of Prussia; also, anecdotes historical, political and personal. Translated from the German, by Thomas Holcroft.
  • Merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte. English
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Printed at Boston: By J. Belknap and A. Young, for B. Guild, J. Boyle, B. Larkin, D. West, and E. Larkin, Jun. Sold at their respective bookstores, and by the printers, at their office in State-Street, MDCCXCII. [1792]
Publication year
1792
ESTC No.
W13609
Grub Street ID
322955
Description
417,[3]p., [1]leaf of plates : 1 port. ; 12⁰
Note
Error in paging: p. 174 misnumbered 274.

Frontispiece portrait of Trenck engraved by Samuel Hill.

"Anecdotes of the life of Alexander Schell, who, an officer of the guard, in Glatz, delivered me from prison, on the 26th of December, 1746, and deserted in my company. Written as a supplement to my own history."--p. [383]-401.
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Signatures: [A]? B-U? W? X-2M? (2M5 verso, 2M6 blank)