1783 WORLD HISTORY ANTIQUE VELLUM BOUND BOOK in GERMAN by Matthias Sprengel
1783 WORLD HISTORY ANTIQUE VELLUM BOUND BOOK in GERMAN by Matthias Sprengel
1783. Fortsetzung der Algemeinen [Allgemeinen]
Welthistorie durch eine Gesellschaft von Gelehrten in Teutschland und Engeland Ausgefertiget.
By Matthias Christian Sprengel.
228 pages plus preliminaries.
Full vellum binding.
Size 9.5 x 8"
Very good condition.
Text block is sound and clean, hinges are sound, binding exhibits only modest edge wear and rubbed in soiling as shown.
Matthias Christian Sprengel (24 August 1746, in Rostock – 7 January 1803, in Halle an der Saale) was a German geographer and historian. He was notably the author of works on North American history and the American Revolution.
He studied history at the University of Göttingen as a pupil of August Ludwig von Schlözer. In 1778 he became an associate professor, and during the following year,
relocated to the University of Halle as a full professor of history.
At Halle he worked closely with Johann Reinhold Forster, who in time, became Sprengel's father-in-law.
From 1800 onward, he was editor of Bibliothek der neuesten und wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen
("Library of the latest and most important travelogues").
1783. Fortsetzung der Algemeinen [Allgemeinen]
Welthistorie durch eine Gesellschaft von Gelehrten in Teutschland und Engeland Ausgefertiget.
By Matthias Christian Sprengel.
228 pages plus preliminaries.
Full vellum binding.
Size 9.5 x 8"
Very good condition.
Text block is sound and clean, hinges are sound, binding exhibits only modest edge wear and rubbed in soiling as shown.
Matthias Christian Sprengel (24 August 1746, in Rostock – 7 January 1803, in Halle an der Saale) was a German geographer and historian. He was notably the author of works on North American history and the American Revolution.
He studied history at the University of Göttingen as a pupil of August Ludwig von Schlözer. In 1778 he became an associate professor, and during the following year,
relocated to the University of Halle as a full professor of history.
At Halle he worked closely with Johann Reinhold Forster, who in time, became Sprengel's father-in-law.
From 1800 onward, he was editor of Bibliothek der neuesten und wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen
("Library of the latest and most important travelogues").
1783. Fortsetzung der Algemeinen [Allgemeinen]
Welthistorie durch eine Gesellschaft von Gelehrten in Teutschland und Engeland Ausgefertiget.
By Matthias Christian Sprengel.
228 pages plus preliminaries.
Full vellum binding.
Size 9.5 x 8"
Very good condition.
Text block is sound and clean, hinges are sound, binding exhibits only modest edge wear and rubbed in soiling as shown.
Matthias Christian Sprengel (24 August 1746, in Rostock – 7 January 1803, in Halle an der Saale) was a German geographer and historian. He was notably the author of works on North American history and the American Revolution.
He studied history at the University of Göttingen as a pupil of August Ludwig von Schlözer. In 1778 he became an associate professor, and during the following year,
relocated to the University of Halle as a full professor of history.
At Halle he worked closely with Johann Reinhold Forster, who in time, became Sprengel's father-in-law.
From 1800 onward, he was editor of Bibliothek der neuesten und wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen
("Library of the latest and most important travelogues").
relocated to the University of Halle as a full professor of history.
At Halle he worked closely with Johann Reinhold Forster, who in time, became Sprengel's father-in-law.
("Library of the latest and most important travelogues").
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