The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I / Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts.

Lestevenon de Berkenroode
BEING The OBSERVATIONS He made in his late Travels from Prussia thro' GERMANY , ITALY , FRANCE , FLANDERS , HOLLAND , ENGLAND , &c. In LETTERS to his Friend. Discovering not only the PRESENT STATE of the Chief Cities and Towns; BUT The CHARACTERS of the Principal Persons at the Several COURTS. In TWO VOLUMES. Vol. I. The Second Edition, with Additions.
LONDON: Printed for Daniel Browne, at the Black Swan , without Temple-Bar . M.dcc.xxxix.
To the Right Honourable Philip, Lord Hardwicke; Baron of Hardwicke , in the County of Gloucester ; Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain ; AND One of the Lords of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council.
My Lord,
The good Reception these Memoirs, which I most humbly offer to your Lordship, have met with Abroad; and the Protection and Favour the Author has obtain'd at one of the Chief Protestant Courts of Europe; encourage me, tho' with the profoundest Submission, to intreat your Lordship's favourable Acceptance of this Translation .
'Tis, my Lord, the only Homage I am capable of paying your Lordship, and the best Testimony I can give with what Zeal and Pleasure I join in the Congratulation of the Public for that illustrious Regard paid to your Lordship's Merit, and Their Wishes, by his Sacred Majesty, this Day in Council.
That your Lordship may very long enjoy a sufficient Portion of Health, equal to the Abilities of your Great Mind, for supporting you under that vast Weight of Service which you have now taken upon you for your King and Country, is the hearty Prayer of all good Englishmen; and particularly of Him, My Lord, who has the Honour to subscribe
Your Lordship's Most Devoted, Most Obedient, and Most Humble Servant.

The Author of these Memoirs , who is a Person of an honourable Family in Prussia , and confess'd by all that know him to be a Gentleman of extraordinary Talents, is one that may be truly said to have seen the World; he having not only travell'd twice thro' the principal Parts of Europe , but by his Acquaintance with People of the first Rank, and a diligent Inquiry and nice Inspection into Men and Things, attained to that Knowledge of Both, which is of such Service and Entertainment to Mankind in the general, and so particularly necessary for All who attend to what is doing in high Life.