Lot 610
D. Hartard von Hattstein, Die Hoheit des Teutschen Reichs-Adels. 3 Vol. Fulda 1729-40.
Estimate
€ 500
Starting Price
€ 330
Lot:
610
Category:
History, cultural history and miscellaneous
Artist:
Damian Hartard von Hattstein
Hattstein, Damian Hartard von: Die Hoheit des Teutschen Reichs-Adels Wordurch Derselbe zu Chur- und Fürstlichen Dignitäten erhoben wird. Das ist: Vollständige Probe der Ahnen unverfälschter Adlicher Famillen, ohne welche keiner Auff Ertz- Dhomb- hoher Orden- und Ritter-Stiffter gelangen kan oder angenommen wird. 3 Vol. Fulda: J. A. Köß 1729-40. 34,2 x 22,6 cm. With 3 engraved frontispieces, 16 engraved coat-of-arms plates, and 1 engraved portrait. 8 leaves, 690 pages, 20 leaves; 6 leaves, 590 (corrected to 596), 16 pp., 1 leaf, 81 pp., 1 leaf; 6 leaves, 592 (corrected to 596), 16 pp., 1 leaf, 162 (corrected to 172) pp., 2 leaves. Parchment with a title on the spine.
(Slightly rubbed and stained. One line of text on folio Ff⁴ verso in Vol. 1 with a correction strip; a coat of arms on folio Rr⁶ verso has been pasted over. Folio K⁵ in Vol. 3 has a tear in the lower margin that has been backed. The front cover of Vol. 3 is somewhat creased and stained. Folio Ss⁵ recto has a correction strip. Browned and with slight water stains in places. With a few marginal notes in pencil and red ink. 5 mounted individual leaves.)
Graesse III, 218. - First edition of the famous and outstanding standard work on genealogy, which lists approximately 4,000 German noble families. Even while it was being printed, the first edition was altered, and corrections were pasted over the affected passages. As noted in the title, it served primarily to verify noble ancestry (proof of ancestry) when applying for a position involving a benefice or for admission to cathedral chapters or monasteries. The author was from Hesse and collected, among other things, proofs of ancestry from southern Germany. In this work—which is now extremely rare—he published genealogical tables (family trees) and coats of arms for approximately 500 families. In each case, he began with a “subject” who lived between 1500 and 1750 and typically traced the lineage back four generations. These tables include first and last names, and sometimes the dates of birth and death of the ancestors. They are supplemented by beautiful engraved illustrations of coats of arms.
(Slightly rubbed and stained. One line of text on folio Ff⁴ verso in Vol. 1 with a correction strip; a coat of arms on folio Rr⁶ verso has been pasted over. Folio K⁵ in Vol. 3 has a tear in the lower margin that has been backed. The front cover of Vol. 3 is somewhat creased and stained. Folio Ss⁵ recto has a correction strip. Browned and with slight water stains in places. With a few marginal notes in pencil and red ink. 5 mounted individual leaves.)
Graesse III, 218. - First edition of the famous and outstanding standard work on genealogy, which lists approximately 4,000 German noble families. Even while it was being printed, the first edition was altered, and corrections were pasted over the affected passages. As noted in the title, it served primarily to verify noble ancestry (proof of ancestry) when applying for a position involving a benefice or for admission to cathedral chapters or monasteries. The author was from Hesse and collected, among other things, proofs of ancestry from southern Germany. In this work—which is now extremely rare—he published genealogical tables (family trees) and coats of arms for approximately 500 families. In each case, he began with a “subject” who lived between 1500 and 1750 and typically traced the lineage back four generations. These tables include first and last names, and sometimes the dates of birth and death of the ancestors. They are supplemented by beautiful engraved illustrations of coats of arms.