Description: TitleCollection Des Ecrits Politiques, Litteraires et Dramatiques De Gustave III, Roi De Suede; Suivie De Sa Correspondance. Tome V (First Edition)AuthorGustave IIIConditionVery GoodBindingFull Calf LeatherEditionFirst EditionPublisherCharles DelenPublisher Year1805Publisher PlaceStockholmSize8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tallDescriptionFIRST EDITION, first printing. Late 19th century French full calf extra with gilt decorative border, gilt rolled edges. Two black labels on the spine. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Light wear with top edge bumped in the middle. Volume 5 only. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Gustav III (Stockholm, 24 January [O.S. 13 January] 1746 – Stockholm, 29 March 1792) was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great. A vocal opponent, as he saw it, of abuses by the nobility of a permissiveness established by parliamentarian reforms that had been worked out before his reign (the so-called Age of Liberty), he enacted the Act of Union and Security to reinstate absolute monarchy with himself as autocrat. His expenditure of considerable public funds on things that pleased him contributed as well to making him controversial. Gustav tried to maintain Sweden's eastern borders, even hoping to expand them, through a war against Russia which was not completely successful. He was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen claiming thus only to commit tyrannicide, but it has been shown that they also had more personal motives. Gustav III was a benefactor of arts and literature. He founded several academies, among them the Swedish Academy, created a National Costume and had the Royal Swedish Opera built. Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.
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