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184993589London: David Bogue 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London David Bogue 1849 first edition in English. Octavo two volumes xvi 338 and vi 378 pages plus a frontispiece in the first volume and 3 small folding maps all with a little hand-colouring. Early half calf and marbled papered boards with all edges marbled and matching marbled endpapers; leather a little rubbed and marked with light tidemarks near the joints of the first volume; tidemark to the frontispiece; scattered foxing; an excellent set. The frontispiece with an image size 188 × 114 mm without any margins has been mounted on thick paper; presumably this was done at the time the book was bound in the nineteenth century. Prince Adalbert 1811-1873 was a Prussian naval theorist and admiral; several journeys led him between 1826 and 1842 to the Netherlands Britain Russia Turkey Greece and Brazil Wikipedia. He spent the last four months on 1842 in Brazil. Alexander von Humboldt makes the following comments in his three-page introduction to this translation: 'this interesting Work . conducts us through Brazil to the mouth of the Amazon River and through this into one of its important tributaries the Xingu the course of which is now explored for the first time. The Journal of Travels printed originally only for the perusal of his friends . is not in the strict sense of the word a scientific book; nevertheless it contains observations and views of nature and customs which reflect a vivid picture of the scenes which the Prince witnessed and passed through. Instruction is imparted in the most pleasing manner when an unaffected simplicity and an absence of all pretension pervade a work like this'. This set was purchased at the dispersal sale of the Hope family's historic property 'Wolta Wolta' at Clare in South Australia; there is some serendipity in this given the Schomburgk family's close connection with the state. Richard Schomburgk accompanied his explorer brother Robert on an expedition in 1840-44 to British Guiana as botanist and historian. He later published the three-volume account of the expedition before emigrating to South Australia where he was a pioneering vigneron and an influential head of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. 2 items. David Bogue hardcover
184925907London: David Bogue 1849. First edition in English of the rare privately printed German Aus meinem Tagebuche 1842-1843.; 2 volumes 8vo pp. xvi 338 1; v 1 377 1; frontispiece in volume I slightly offset onto title page vignette titles in both volumes 4 folding maps 3 hand-colored in outline; B5-6 crudely opened in volume I minor foxing; slight discoloration of the spine else a very good copy in original brown cloth gilt-lettered spines. Adalbert 1811-73 was a German nobleman and explorer who traveled for four months in open boats in 1842 and 1843 primarily along the Amazon from the delta to the Rio Xingu thence to Sousel finally ascending the cataracts into tribal territory. "Of all the tributaries of the Amazon the Xingu was the least known and Adalbert's survey was the first of its kind but saw only the lowest 300 kilometres of the river. In fact the upper Xingu remained unexplored until Karl von den Steinem arrived at the headwaters . in August 1884" Howgego II A-3. Sabin 162; Borba de Moraes I 13. David Bogue unknown
18742107090045London : Printed under the Superintendence of Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Prussia's account of the Franco-Prussian War Deutsch-Franzosische Krieg with interesting American provenance 4 volume set. Bound in publisher's red cloth. Includes: Part 1. History of the war to the downfall of the empire: Vol.1. From the outbreak of hostilities to the battle of Gravelotte; Vol.1 Part I Maps 22 fold out maps in case. Note: The case has a split; Vol.2. From the battle of Gravelotte to the downfall of the empire.; Vol.2 Part 2. Maps 11 maps in case. Pagination: Vol. 1: pt. 1: viii 439 143 p. 1 map ; pt. 2: iv 543 120 p. 2 maps. Water damage cover wear to V.1 part 1 with the front board nearly detached. The text is generally in good condition though. <br> Interesting provenance: From the estate of Colonel Truman Smith 1893-1970. Smith was personal advisor to General George C. Marshall. Yale class of 1915. Awarded the Silver Star and Distinguished Service Medal. The volume was owned by his father Capt Edmund Dickinson Smith. E.D. Smith 1857-1900 was killed in the Spanish American War in Sogod Island Cebu Philipines. Smith was the son of Senator Truman Smith of CT. Signed "E.D. Smith 19' Inf." West Point class of 1879. London : Printed under the Superintendence of Her Majesty's Stationery Office hardcover
1900041865London: Gibbings & Co 1900. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. pp XXV 147. 1st printing. Internally fine. Gibbings & Co hardcover
18153633626/03/1815. <p>In 1815 Berlin had been liberated from Napoleon for just 2 years and the Palais am Wilhelmsplatz in Berlin was a key aristocratic residence near the Wilhelmstrasse which was becoming a hub for government and high society. This area was crucial for military leadership and elite housing near the Brandenburg Gate often used by Prussian royal families and high-ranking officials during the post-Napoleonic era.</p><p>Composed just days after Napoleon Bonaparte returned to power in France March 1815 and Prussia had reason to fear another invasion this letter offers a glimpse into the private concerns of the Prussian royal family at a moment of major European upheaval. Despite the looming political crisis the correspondence reflects the everyday workings of aristocratic patronage property management and family influence within the Prussian court.</p><p>Princess Charlotte <strong>Autograph letter signed</strong> March 26 1815 to Prince Friedrich of Prussia just 6 days after Napoleon's arrival in Paris for his famed 100 days.</p><p><em>""Esteemed uncle A gray eternity has passed since my eyes last gazed upon your gentle countenance I feel anxious and I long to see you again. Two matters urge me today to burden you with my lines; firstly to find out about your health and how my uncle is doing; and secondly it is a request to you on behalf of Ms. von Kleist who would so much like to live in some rooms in your unused Palais at the Wilhelmsplatz. Aunt Hußen has already written to you in this regard and you didn’t know whether the King would allow it. Now I received a letter from Papa yesterday who told me that he cannot grant the request as it concerns the Johanniter Palais and is therefore at the disposal of his brother Heinrich; so he leaves it up to you and as one can see he will not mind; and is it not true that you are not using the whole large building at all and that you will heed my request all the more so since it is your aunt Auguste’s wish I am counting on your generosity and kindness my one and beloved uncle and I am waiting for a favorable response; as I am kissing your gracious hands in my mind until it can soon be done in actuality – your Charlotte""</em></p><p><img class=""alignnone wp-image-25018 size-post-window"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204144051/Folder-site-11-1600x1327.jpg"" alt=""historical memorabilia dealer"" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /></p> unknown
19001649241900-01. Ten-thousand words of musings on democracy aristocracy and plutocracy An extensive manuscript being Kaiser Wilhelm's unpublished translation into German of an article covering political theory from the English journal The Quarterly Review. The original article by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson published in the October 1900 issue of the journal pp. 359-80 was nominally a review of eight recent books on political philosophy among them Heinrich von Treitschke's Politik E. L. Godkin's Problems of Modern Democracy and Theodore Roosevelt's American Ideals. In practice as standard for the Quarterly Review the article used the reviewed works as a starting point for a wider discourse. The article would have clearly appealed to the Kaiser. It begins by asking whether political philosophy even exists and the author notes that historically political philosophy is characterized by absolutism. However he observes that there is now a shift towards relativism. The trend in modern politics is the state's growing power and size those in control increasingly influenced by plutocracy. He argues that the House of Commons gradually ceded its power to the Cabinet risking a shift in British democracy towards the American plutocratic system. The solution is to preserve an aristocracy but one based on training and ability rather than birth. Wilhelm has dated the first page "25.12.1900" and "2.2.1901" and the last page "17.2.1901" presumably the dates between which he translated it. The lengthy project totalled around ten thousand words. He has made a few corrections and underlined some words for emphasis. Generally the manuscript is written confidently in Wilhelm's bold hand. Wilhelm had an English mother the eldest child of Queen Victoria and spoke English fluently though from his boyhood preferred the Prussian militarist and autocratic teachings of his tutors to the British liberalism of his mother. Wilhelm had been Kaiser for 13 years when he undertook the translation and his reasons for doing so are unknown. He was always deeply interested in political ideas the preservation of the German order and in Britain's development and its threat to German power. A typed transcript of the German translation and a photocopy of the Quarterly Review article is included. Manuscript 38 bifolia with full-page manuscript on 77 pages and running heading "Politik" on first page of each except the first; page size 235 x 202 mm; Wilhelm's coat of arms embossed in silver at head. Housed in custom quarter leather solander box. Very light soiling. In excellent condition. hardcover
1861086818Paris: E. Dentu 1861. Hardcover. pp. 131 / 36. Slim 12mo. Cloth spine with gilt lettering over marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Edgewear light foxing to contents paper label over spine bookseller label to front endpaper name stamp to title page pencilled notations to rear free endpapers otherwise contents unmarked binding sound. Text in French. First title OCLC 19104075. Second title OCLC 753001546: scarce. E. Dentu hardcover
184543260Brunswick Vieweg et Fils 1845 2 contemp. hcalf. with title-and tomelabels on spine. Spines rubbed. Amall tear at foot of one hinge. X358;4319 pp. Old owners name on titlepages. First titlepage with an inkspot. Internally clean a few scattered brownspots. unknown
182828288London: Printed for Hunt and Clarke. Good with no dust jacket. 1828. First Edition. Hardcover. Paper title labels on spines heavily rubbed with abrasions. Volume One with 20mm split to cloth at head of joints. Volume Two with 70mm split to lower end of rear joint and 40mm split to lower end of front joint. Boards rubbed with some staining some bruising and indentations to corners and margins of boards. Previous owner's signature.; Two volumes complete. Volume One: vi 274 pages. Volume Two: iv 245 2 1 blank pages. Both volumes: Contemporary pastepaper boards with green cloth spines. Printed paper title labels on spines. Page dimensions: 151 x 91mm. These two volumes are also volumes XX and XXI of the series: "Autobiography. A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever Published Written by the Parties Themselves. With Brief Introductions and Compendious Sequels carrying on the Narrative to the Death of Each Writer." Volume I with a 2 page Introduction and a 1 page "Advertisement by the French Editor". Volume II with a 1 page "Sequel to the Memoirs of the Margravine of Bareith" at rear. . Printed for Hunt and Clarke hardcover
1870362832London: Imprimé Chez J. Thomas 1870. Early Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in gilt-blocked half leather. All edge gilt. Internally bright and clean. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Date is suggested. Physical description: 32 pages. Notes: Text is in French. Subjects: Fredrick II King of Prussia. Royal parties. Prussia history. Prussian nobility. London: Imprimé Chez J. Thomas hardcover
1899055246Istanbul: Sabah Gazetesi / Mihran Matbaasi. AH 1316 1899. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine brown quarter leather bdg. brown boards with decorative embossing. Roy. 8vo. 24 x 17 cm. In Ottoman script Old Turkish with Arabic script. 176 p. 33 unnumbered b/w plates of views of the Middle Eastern cities Kaiser and queen's portraits ills. of their maritime voyages a general view of Beirut a panorama of Jerusalem in two pages The Government House and Lake Tiberia in Beirut a general view of Jaffa churches and castles and Masjid-i Aksa of Jerusalem Idlib the interior of the Umayyad Mosque in Jerusalem The Government House of Jaffa Beirut - Damascus railways street views and architectural buildings from Damascus the market place of Jaffa Bethlehem and the church views of Trablus-Sam i.e. Tripolis ruins of Baalbek and other numerous b/w photos published for only this book. Slight stains on pages a modern repair on a leaf with tape otherwise a very good copy. Bound together with "Eski Sevda" which is a compilation of Turkish tales. First and only edition of this richly illustrated scarce and uncommon book was printed for the German Emperor Wilhelm II and his wife Augusta Victoria the commemoration of the construction of Alman Çesmesi i.e. German Fountain in Constantinople and the first anniversary of the Wilhelm II's travel to the Ottoman Empire in 1898. The fountain's design was drawn by the architect Spitta and constructed by the architect Schoele with the German architect Carlitzik and Italian architect Joseph Anthony working on the project. The fountain was built in Germany and then transported piece by piece to Istanbul reassembled in its current site and officially opened on January 27 1901 on the birthday of German Emperor Wilhelm II. Wilhelm II's voyage to the Levant in 1898 was a state visit that the German Emperor undertook in the Ottoman Empire between 25 October and 12 November 1898. The Kaiser started his journey to the Ottoman Eyalets with Istanbul on 16 October 1898; then he went by yacht to Haifa on 25 October. After visiting Jerusalem and Bethlehem the Kaiser went back to Jaffa to embark on Beirut where he took the train passing Aley and Zahlé to reach Damascus on 7 November. This book is richly illustrated including many views of the cities of this voyage's destinations like Jerusalem Damascus Beirut Beirut Jafa Baalbek etc. On 10 November Wilhelm went to visit Baalbek before heading to Beirut to board his ship back home on 12 November. His visit spurred interest in the German Templer colonies in Palestine. One of the Kaiser's traveling companions Colonel Joseph von Ellrichshausen initiated the formation of a society for the advancement of the German settlements in Palestine named the Gesellschaft Zur Förderung der Deutschen Ansiedlungen in Palästina in Stuttgart. It enabled the settlers to acquire land for new settlements by offering them low-interest loans. A subsequent second wave of German settlers founded Wilhelma named after the Kaiser now called Bnei Atarot in 1902 near Lod Walhalla 1903 near the original Jaffa colony followed by Bethlehem of Galilee 1906. The German Settlement Society successfully encouraged some of the Templars to return to the official national Protestant Church. The non-Templar colony of Waldheim now Alonei Abba was subsequently founded next to Bethlehem of Galilee in 1907 by proselytized Templers now affiliated with the Old-Prussian State Church. The visit resulted in the highest-profile political event in the life of Theodor Herzl considered the founder of Zionism. Through the efforts of William Hechler via Frederick I Grand Duke of Baden Herzl publicly met Wilhelm II three times during the voyage once in Istanbul on 15 October 1898 and twice in Palestine 29 October and 2 November. The meetings significantly advanced Herzl's and Zionism's legitimacy in Jewish and world opinion. Wikipedia. Only one copy in OCLC Library of Congress. Karl Süssheim Collection no. 1300 900684728. Özege 7023 <br/> <br/> Sabah Gazetesi / Mihran Matbaasi., [AH 1316] hardcover
184337418Friedrich Wilhelm III. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1843. Paper. Estate of John F. Lewis. Friedrich Wilhelm IV King of Prussia. Letter Signed. 1 piece. Berlin: June 1843. The document above is one among many important manuscripts which John Frederick Lewis a highly regarded philanthropist lawyer and early 20th-century collector used as primary source material for a comprehensive genealogy of his forbears. His chronological narrative was meant to chart the various world-historical developments and circumstances which ultimately led to the confluence of Mr. Lewis' Continental ancestors and those of the Mayflower Colony and it extended even to his own lifetime. Housed in altogether fifteen portfolio volumes the project was the culmination of decades of painstaking research and discerning collecting of the highest order. Most of the manuscripts in Mr. Lewis' collection have not appeared at auction for a century or more. ; Signed by Author . Friedrich Wilhelm III unknown
185437422Frederick I V of Prussia. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1854. Paper. Autographs - Royalty. Manuscript Document Signed. Frederick IV of Prussia. Potsdam April 10 1854. 1 p. oblong 8vo. Minor wear. Strong dark signature. ; Signed by Author . Frederick I V of Prussia unknown
1868100895<p>August 29 1868. 1868. Good. - An autograph document dated August 29 1868 penned in a secretarial hand on 13-3/8 inch high by 8-3/8 inch wide creamy white paper signed "Friedrich Wilhelm Kpz Crown Prince" by the future Emperor and King of Prussia. The document is addressed to the Royal General in Command of the Army Corps at Breslau who at the time was Wilhelm von Tumpling. The document orders that a particular Second Lieutenant be named his Ordnance Officer during Army Corps maneuvers in mid-September. The document is annotated and signed on the verso by four officers in the chain of command. The first dated August 31 from Breslau is signed by the Prussian General der Kavallerie Wilhelm von Tumpling. Wilhelm von Tumpling 1809-1884 commanded a division in the Austro-Prussian War and the VI Army Corps during the Franco-Prussian War. Folded several times vertically and once horizontally with short tears to the top and bottom edges of the vertical folds and a longer tear along most of the horizontal center fold which has been repaired with clear archival document tape. There is early tape repair to two of the short tears at the top and bottom of the document.</p><p>Frederick Friedrich III 1831-1888. the German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days. The son of the King of Prussia Emperor Wilhelm I Frederick was raised in his family's military tradition. Although a reluctant warrior Frederick served in high levels of command in the 3 wars that led to German unification. In the Second Schleswig War of 1864 he was an advisor on the staff of Field Marshal Wrangel. During the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 he commanded the Prussian Second Army. He turned a potential stalemate into a Prussian victory at the Battle of Koenigraetz. In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 he was Commander of the Third Army leading his forces to victories in the Battles of Wissembourg and Worth. At the Siege of Sedan his troops surrounded the French army and captured Emperor Napoleon III. Frederick was a vigorous opponent of Bismarck and was popular with ordinary soldiers.</p> August 29, 1868.
1887029740UK 1887. First Edition . Paper. Good. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. An Original Handwritten and Signed Royal Letter Signed by Future Canadian Governor General Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught and His Wife Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia. Signed with their maiden names. Dated 1887. Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught and Strathearn Arthur William Patrick Albert; 1850 - 1942 was the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He served as Governor General of Canada the tenth since Canadian Confederation and the only British prince to do so. Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia Louise Margaret Alexandra Victoria Agnes; 1860 -1917 later Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn was a member of the House of Hohenzollern who married into the British royal family. She served as the viceregal consort of Canada while her husband Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught and Strathearn served as the governor general from 1911 to 1916. . Size is 180mm x 115mm. Condition is good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 18807 <br/> <br/> unknown
188096441Lock and Whitfield circa 1880. 1880. Fine. - A richly hued 4-3/4 inch high by 3-1/2 inch wide woodburytype portrait of the then Crown Prince Frederick III mounted onto 11-1/4 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide stiff cream stock. An eagle & crown device above a light gray printed decorative frame highlights the image. The subject is identified in the same light gray centered within the lower half of the sheet. "Specially taken for this work by Lock and Whitfield" is centered below the title. Near fine. <p>Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl 1831-1888 was German Emperor and King of Prussia for a period of 99 days in 1888 the year in which he passed away. The period came to be known as the Year of the Three Emperors as his father Wilhelm I passed away in March of that year and Frederick Wilhelm's only son afflicted with cancer of the larynx died in October. Though he professed a hatred of war Crown Prince Frederick had distinguished himself in the Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian wars. He was admired by both friends and enemies for his humane conduct.<p>Both a printing process and the print which it produces Woodburytype was invented and patented by Walter B. Woodbury in 1864. A photomechanical process Woodbury type prints are made from exposing a dichromate-sensitized sheet of gelatin to UV light shining through a photographic negative. Each area of the gelatin hardens to a depth in proportion to the amount of exposure to the light before it is then soaked in warm water. The relief image is then pressed onto a sheet of lead to create an intaglio metal printing plate. Lock and Whitfield, circa [1880]. unknown
