Lot no. 99
Prussia
Album of the Prussian minister August Graf zu Eulenburg (1838-1921) with approx. 150 entries and handwritten signatures as well as 3 drawings of members of various aristocratic and royal houses and some other important personalities. Circa 1896-1900. 8°. Flamed calf of the period with three gilt edges. Gilt edges, blind embossed fillets on the back cover and gilt embossed fillets and borders with corner fleurons and alternating floral plate stamps on the front cover (slightly rubbed).
August zu Eulenburg (1838 Königsberg - 1921 Berlin) was a Prussian general of the infantry and minister of the army. General of the Infantry and Minister of the Royal Household. From 1883-1914 he held the office of Chief Master of Ceremonies and between 1890 and 1914 was Oberhof- und Hausmarschall Wilhelms II. - With numerous entries made at Erdmannsdorf Castle, also Kiel, Bayreuth, Breslau, Windsor Castle, London, Venice, Sinaia, Zülzhoff (Sulislaw) and other aristocratic residences of Elisabeth and Elisabeth II.including the aristocratic residences of Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt (1864-1918) with Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (1857-1905), Ferdinand Prince of Bulgaria and Prince of Saxe-Coburg (1857-1905). Prince of Saxe-Coburg (1861-1948, late Ferdinand I of Bulgaria), Carol (1839-194) and Elisabeth of Romania (1894-1956), Irène Luise Maria Anna of Hesse and by Rhine (1866-1953), Mark Twain (1835-1910), Margarete Princess of Prussia (1872-1954), Friedrich Karl Prince of Hesse (1868-1940, King of Finland), Christa Countess Eickstedt-Peterswald (1852-1940, née Eisendecher), Mathilde of Hesse (1868-1940, King of Finland), Mathilde of Hesse (1852-1940, née Eisendecher). Eisendecher), Mathilde von Pless (1861-1943), Siegfried Wagner (1869-1930), Daniela Thode (Wagner's stepdaughter), Isolde Bülow (Wagner's daughter), Franz Graf and Helene Gräfin von Waldersee (1850-1917, writer), Mathilde and Victor von Ziethen, Wilhelm Molt. Victor von Ziethen, Wilhelm Moltke, Prince and Princess Reuß, Ada (i.e. Albertine Christine Henriette Adolfine) von Abeken (1864 - after 1843, lady-in-waiting at the Saxon royal court), Philipp Prinz von Sachsen. Royal Court), Philipp Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Adolf Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Baron Dieskau, von Welczek, George Duke of Cambridge, Georke Duke and Victoria Mary Duchess of York, Alexandra Princess of Wales, Marie Princess of Romania, Friedrich von Mellenthin, Frhr. von Freytag-Loringhoven, von Beneckendorff, von Websky and many others. - The signed drawings by Conrad Freyberg and André de Nouy, among others. - Front endpaper with mont. Detail of a portrait of von Eulenburg. - 1 leaf with drawing loose, slightly browned due to paper, occasional ink smudges, sporadically stained, overall well-preserved.
Album of the Prussian minister August Graf zu Eulenburg (1838-1921) with approx. 150 entries and handwritten signatures as well as 3 drawings of members of various aristocratic and royal houses and some other important personalities. Contemp. calf with gilt edges, blind tooled fillets on back boars and gilt stamped fillets and borders with corner fleurons as well as alternating floral plate stamps on front board (slightly rubbed). - August zu Eulenburg (1838 Königsberg - 1921 Berlin) was a Prussian General of the Infantry and Minister of the Royal Household. From 1883-1914 he held the office of chief master of ceremonies and between 1890 and 1914 was House Marshal of Wilhelm II. - With numerous entries, among others, as listed above. - The signed drawings by Conrad Freyberg and André de Nouy. - Front endpaper with mounted cut out of a portrait of von Eulenburg. - 1 leaf with drawing loose, slightly browned due to paper, occ. ink smudges, sporadically stained, overall well preserved.
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