[Education] Three French titles: (1) H.G. Riqueti. Conseils à un jeune Prince

qui sent la nécessité de refaire son éducation, et Lettre remise à Frederic-Guillaume II, Roi régnant de Prusse, le jour de son avénement au trône. N.pl., n.publ., 1787/ 1788, 2 parts in 1 vol. (6),88; 84 p. Contemp. marbled calf, gilt spine w. mor. letterpiece. Binding a bit worn along extremities.

1st ed. of the "Conseils", new ed. of the "Lettre", probably published in Amsterdam. Although the publ. is convinced that the two works were written by the same author, they instruct two quite different princes, the 1st traditional in tone, the 2nd more revolutionary and intended for a modern enlightened prince. Cioranescu 45219. (2) L.A. Caraccioli. Le véritable mentor, ou l'Éducation de la noblesse. Quatrième édition. Liege, J.F. Basompierre, 1761. (24),311 p. Contemp. half vellum w. mor. letterpiece on spine, large 12mo. A good copy w. a noble provenance, w. owner's entry "Ex libris Wilhelmi Comitis à Leinninghen Dagsburg 1762" (Wilhelm Count of Leinningen-Dagsburg). Spine dam. -and 1 other in 4 vols. (1784-1785). (total 3 works in 6 vols.)