FIRST GERMAN WORK ON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

SPRENGEL, MATTHIAS CHRISTIAN.

Geschichte der Revolution von Nord-Amerika.

(No place), Speyer, 1785.

8vo. In contemporary (original?) marbled paper covered boards. Paper title-label to spine. Light wear to extremities and previous owner's name to title-page, otherwise a nice and clean copy. VIII, 196, (2) pp. + coloured folded map. 
Sabin calls for 272 pp. This present copy appears to be complete and corresponds to OCLC Accession No: 5814488 & 833586056.

Second edition, possibly a variant - not recorded by any of the major bibliographies - of the first German work on the American revolution. Sprengel was interested in the American Revolution and also made a translation of the Declaration of Independence.

Order-nr.: 60935