By August Wichmann. Leipzig. 1803. 17 x 10.5 cm.

192, 183 and 152 pages in blue card covers . Signs of age and wear.

Pseudonym for Heinrich Karl Ludwig Bardeleben (1775 - 1852 Frankfurt (Oder), he was a German lawyer and politician. On October 17, 1807, he presented the Prussian Minister of State and reformer Heinrich Friedrich Karl Freiherr vom Stein with his anonymous and undated pamphlet "Preußens Zukunft. To the Fatherland". In the wars of liberation against Napoleon in 1813/1814, as captain of the Prussian Landwehr, he was leader of the Frankfurt contingent and commanding artillery officer under General von Tauentzien and Lieutenant General Leopold Wilhelm von Dobschütz during the siege and storming of the town and fortress of Wittenberg (Oder). (wikipedia).