Geschichte des Großherzoglich [grossherzoglich] Mecklenburgischen Grenadier-Regiments Nr. 89

by Langermann und Erlencamp, [Rudolf] Freiherr von; [Werner Eugen Paul Konstantin] von Voigts-Rhetz

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Book Description

Schwerin, Stiller (I. Ritter), 1895. Thick royal octavo. Pp. (vi), 635, (1). Fine collotype frontispiece plate, a composite of portraits, emblem, and crests, set within elaborate design. Plus 8 other collotype plates of which 2 are full-page portraits, each with a facsimile signature; 3 are composites of portrait vignettes within ornamental designs; and 3 are fine pictorial views. Plus 3 excellent chromolithograph plates of uniforms, printed on thick white card. Plus 10 maps, of which 6 are printed separately and bound in, some printed in colour, one fold-out. Plus large folding map, printed in black, red, and blue on thick paper, tipped-in at rear. Two fold-out tables. Elaborate initial, depicting the Regiment's standards. Numerous tables throughout the text, appendices, extended indices, registers of officers' names. Title-page with Royal regimental crest. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, bound in the original ivory cloth, upper cover with Royal regimental crest in gilt relief, set within gilt panel with 4 ornamental corner-pieces, gilt frame and border; lower cover with gilt relief sunburst medal, set within similar panel; spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Golden foliage endpapers; bevelled boards; all edges dyed red. In a very fine condition (some spotting to few leaves). A very beautiful copy, superbly preserved. - - First edition. Provenance: From the private library of J. L. Wagner, 1st Lieutenant Jagers, with his contemporary signature to title. A remarkable production, exceedingly rare. KVK lists British Library, Library of Congress, and Staatsbibliothek Berlin only, the copy in Deutsche Nationalbibliothek apparently destryed. Union Catalog Northern Germany locates a copy in Helmut-Schmidt-Universität. HeBIS-Retro/Digitalisierte Zettelkataloge lists ULB Darmstadt and HLB Wiesbaden. OCLC locates a single copy in the United States, in Brown Universiy. .

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