Lot 40
  • 40

King's German Legion.

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • A collection of 11 volumes in German, comprising:
  • Paper
Listen und Nachweisungen welche sich auf den Dienst der Königlich Deutschen Legion...beziehen. Hannover: Jänecke, 1837, 8vo, large paper copy, contemporary red morocco gilt, gilt edges, 2 engraved plates, folding letterpress table; Beamish, North Ludlow. Geschichte der Königlich Deutschen Legion. Zweiter Theil [only]. Hannover: Hahn, 1837, 8vo, large paper copy, 5 engraved plates (one folding), contemporary purple morocco gilt, gilt edges, lacking frontispiece, extremities rubbed; [Another copy], 8vo, engraved frontispiece, 2 (of 5) plates, boards, lacking 3 plates, some foxing, binding worn, lacking spine; Lindau, Friedrich. Erinnerungen eines Soldaten aus den Feldzügen der Königlich-deutschen Legion. Hamelin: C.W. Niemeyer, 1846, 8vo, contemporary red morocco gilt, gilt edges; [Another copy], calf-backed boards, slightly worn; Hodenberg, Karl von. Briefe des Rittmeisters Karl von Hodenberg... aus Spanien 1812/13. Hannover, n.d., 12mo, paper wrappers; Ebbeke, Ludwig. Meine Schicksale während eines dreissigjährigen Militairdienstes, besonders in der Königl. Deutschen Legion. Goslar: widow of W.Ph. Brückner, 1851, 8vo, white cloth gilt, binding soiled; Schwertfeger, Bernhard. Geschichte der Königlich Deutschen Legion 1803-1816. Hannover: Hahn, 1907, volume 2 only (of 2), 8vo, half calf, worn, lacking spine; Ballauff, M. Des Königs deutsche Legion bis zur Schalcht bei Talavera 28 Juli 1809. Hannover: Heinrich Feesche, 1909, 8vo, pictorial wrappers; Pfannkuche, Adolf. Die Königl. deutsche Legion 1803-1816. Hannover: Helwing, 1910, 8vo, plates, original pictorial boards, plates loose; [Another edition]. Hannover: Helwing, 1926, original pictorial boards, spine becoming loose (11)

Condition

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