Lot 60
  • 60

Muster Books.

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • A collection of twelve mostly nineteenth-century manuscript Stammrollen and related manuscripts, comprising:
  • paper and ink
1) Stamm...Rollen von dem Königl. Preuss. Cuirassier Regiment...Anno 1799, over 100 pages, small 4to (205 x 150mm), entries in brown, green and red inks, some later annotations, two folding leaves added at end, original wallet-style wrappers, 1799; 2) Rangliste der Generale und Staabs-Officiere der Königl. Preussischen Armee, c.45 pages, 4to (205 x 170mm), 45 pages, plus blanks, contemporary wrappers, first half of the nineteenth century, one gathering becoming detached; 3) Untitled list of Prussian officers, c.50 leaves, 4to (205 x 168mm), nineteenth-century boards, c.1830s; 4) Königin Husaren Regiment Stab Adjudant Stammrolle der Officiere, 34 leaves, folio (395 x 250mm), later manuscript annotations, with 2 loose 3-page Stammrollen dated Celle, 20 July 1866 and Osnabrück, 30 May 1866, nineteenth-century half calf, mid-nineteenth century, covers somewhat worn; 5) Two Hanoverian court precedence lists ("Rang-Liste"; "Hof-Rang-Liste 1856"), two volumes, 51 and 57 pages, 4to, extensive later annotations, with two loose double-leaves, contemporary green boards and green cloth, respectively, no place, c.1840s-1860s, gatherings loose, bindings worn; 6) II. Artillerie Bataillon 6. Fuss Compagnie Stammrollen-Buch I.a. vom 1. Mai 1855 bis ultimo, over 100 printed pages with manuscript entries, folio (380 x 245mm), entries in brown and cerise ink, extensive later annotations, with a loose 5-page list of non-commissioned officers of the 6. Fuss Compagnie, contemporary calf-backed boards, 1855 and later; and five others (12)

Condition

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