J. D. SEYLER STANISLAS I ROI DE POLOGNE, 1740

SEYLER George Daniel: HISTORIE DE STANISLAS I ROI DE POLOGNE, Grand Duc de Lithuanie, Duc do Lorraine et de Bar &c. par Monsieur D. C*** [Jean-Guillaume de CHEVRIÈRES - translator] vol. 1-2 [co-authored], Francfort (Frankfurt) 1740, pp. 182+160, 16.5 cm

First edition in French

Portrait of Stanislaw Leszczynski - copperplate, vignettes and finials - woodcuts

Translation of the biography of King Stanislaw Leszczynski written by George Daniel Seyler (1686-1745) - historian, rector of the Elblag Academic Gymnasium. Seyler's work was published anonymously in German in 1737. The translation was done by Jean-Guillaume de CHEVRIÈRES. Estreicher writes that the reprinting in such a short time testifies to the book's immeasurable readership. In front of the text a copperplate portrait of Stanislaw Leszczynski signed: Venloo pinxit; Andreas Reinhardt Filius sculpsit.

Binding tattered, genealogical table and back cover missing, traces of dampness on pages, pagination errors - text continuity preserved.

Period binding, leather, page edges stained.