Brandenburg Rentsch, Johann Wolfgang Brandenburgischer Ceder-Hein, in which the upbringing and ancestry of the Most Illustrious House of Brandenburg, as well as heroic history and great deeds, from the archives and ancestral repositories ... compiled. With engraved frontispiece. Frontispiece, 3 (of which 2 full-page) text engravings and 35 engraved portrait plates. Bayreuth, Officin Gebhard für Hertel, 1682. 11 vols. 920 p., 32 vols. Decorated cloth with gilt R.R., gilt fillets and the initials "H.C.T." and the date "1693" in gilt on the front cover (heavily rubbed and scuffed, corners bumped, lower capital with loss). First edition. - VD17 23:302710S - Faber du Faur 1673 - Baroque homage to the House of Hohenzollern with beautiful portraits of the electors, Nuremberg burgraves and Ansbach-Bayreuth counts from this house. The text copperplate depicts coats of arms and orders. - Rentsch was the court preacher of Margrave Christian Ernst of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and one of the best experts on Brandenburg history. - Flyleaf. Endpapers missing, marginalia on title, slightly browned due to paper, few additional entries in old hand in index. Neat copy with the often missing last 2 vols. with chapter index, correction of printing errors and pagination of plates. Berlin - Brandenburg - With engraved frontispiece, 3 (of which 2 full-page) text engravings and 35 engraved portrait plates. Cont. leather, gilt fillets and the initials "H.C.T." and the date "1693" in gilt on the front cover (heavily rubbed and scuffed, corners bumped, lower spine with loss). - First edition. - Baroque homage to the House of Hohenzollern with beautiful portraits of the electors, Nuremberg burgraves and Ansbach-Bayreuth counts from this house. The text copperplates depict coats of arms and orders. - Rentsch was the court preacher of Margrave Christian Ernst of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and one of the best experts on Brandenburg history. - Front flyleaf missing, marginalia on title, slightly browned due to paper, a few additional entries by an old hand in the index. Neat copy with the often missing last 2 fols. with chapter index, correction of printing errors and pagination of plates. This lot is taxed. The hammer price is subject to a 24.95% buyer's premium and the final invoice amount to 7% (books, art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, silkscreens, offset prints, photographs) in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 24.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offsetprints and Photographs) on the final invoice amount in the European Union.