LEBEN CARL DES ZWÖLFTEN, KÖNIGS IN SCHWEDEN, MIT MÜNZEN UND KUPFERN. 1-3.

Hamburg, Gedruckt bey Johann George Trausold (vol. 1 & 3) / Rudolph Beneke (vol. 2), 1745 - 1752.
Folio [37,5 by 24,5 cm]. [18], 704; [2], XVI, 768; [12], XX, 882 pp. + 3 engraved title-leaves + 5 engraved portraits + 24 engraved maps and plans (13 double-page and/or folding). 302 engravings (180 depicting coins and medals) and 45 engraved initials in the text.
Three volumes, contemporary full calf, spines gilt in eight compartments.
The copy of Carl Wilhelm König [1808-74], with his signature and engraved book-plate in each volume.

First German edition of Konung Carl den XII:s historia. 1-2. (Stockholm 1740), translated by Johann Heinrich Heubel, a three-volume study of the King as person and a ruler.
Includes general index.
Charles XII [1682-1718], king of Sweden 1697-1718, an absolute monarch who defended his country for 18 years during the Great Northern War and promoted significant domestic reforms. He launched a disastrous invasion of Russia, resulting in complete collapse of the Swedish armies and the loss of Sweden's status as a great power.
* Warmholtz 5954. Hesse 1409. Carlander, 3, p. 512.