Lot 422
  • 422

Otto von Bismarck

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • Otto von Bismarck
  • Three albums dedicated to Otto von Bismarck to mark his forthcoming eightieth birthday, with one other
  • paper
with calligraphic titles to each volume decorated in watercolour and gilt ("1 April 1894 Gewidmet Sr. Durchlaucht dem Fürsten Bismark [sic] zu seinem 80. Geburtstag als Gruß der deutschen Frauen und Jungfrauen der Pfalz [...Badens...Hessens]", containing manuscript greetings by the women of the Bayerische Rhein-Pfalz, Grossherzogth[um] Baden and Grossherzogth[um] Hessen, written within gilt armorial borders designating sections (eg Ludwigshafen, Neustadt, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Mainz, Darmstadt, etc), elaborately painted boards each with arms of the respective grand duchy, gilt spines; together with a lithographed volume ("Mein Buch Fürst Otto von Bismarck. Berlin den 1ten Dezember 1884, mit Randzeichnungen von C.M. Seyppel"), 4 volumes, 4to, somewhat worn

 

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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