Heraldry, 1828 | Almanach de Gotha pour l'année 1828. soixante-cinquième année. Gotha, chez Justus Perthes, 1828, (8)+(48)+256+116+(2)pp. (Copy)

Heraldry, 1828 | Almanach de Gotha pour l’année 1828. soixante-cinquième année. Gotha, chez Justus Perthes, 1828, (8)+(48)+256+116+(2)pp.

Name: Heraldry, 1828 | Almanach de Gotha pour l'année 1828. soixante-cinquième année. Gotha, chez Justus Perthes, 1828, (8)+(48)+256+116+(2)pp.
SKU: 67845
Price: 40.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

A pocket-size Almanach de Gotha, dated 1828, in -12. No plates. With stamp: Familiearchief Maarschalkerweerd.

The Almanach provided detailed facts and statistics on nations of the world, including their reigning and formerly reigning houses, those of Europe being more complete than those of other continents. It also named the highest incumbent officers of state, members of the diplomatic corps, and Europe’s upper nobility with their families. Although at its most extensive the Almanach de Gotha numbered more than 1200 pages, fewer than half of which were dedicated to monarchical or aristocratic data, it acquired a reputation for the breadth and precision of its information on royalty and nobility compared to other Almanachs.
The Almanach de Gotha was unmoved by government decrees or bribes, those not included in its pages found themselves thwarted, Pretenders claims left in ruins, by the publisher who would not compromise itself for either inclusion or exclusion. Napoleon’s reaction was typical. On 20 October 1807 the Emperor wrote to his Foreign Minister, de Champagny: ‘Monsieur de Champagny, this year’s Almanach de Gotha is badly done. I protest. There should be more of the French Nobility I have created and less of the German Princes who are no longer sovereign. Furthermore, the Imperial Family of Bonaparte should appear before all other royal dynasties, and let it be clear that we and not the Bourbons are the House of France. Summon the Minister of the Interior of Gotha at once so that I personally may order these changes’.

Nobility – European aristocracy – family tree – noble – heraldry- genealogy – almanac

SKU: 67845

Original paper binding, 11 x 7.5 cm, duodecimo. Gilt edges, one plate and page detached. Foxed throughout.

€ 43,60 (€ 40,00 ex. btw)