Lot 650
Carl August v. Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, Statuten des ... weissen Falken. Weimar 1815.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
650
Category:
History, cultural history and miscellaneous
Carl August von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach. Statuten des Grossherzoglich Sachsen-Weimarischen erneuerten Ritter-Ordens der Wachsamkeit oder vom weissen Falken. Weimar: no printer 1815. 27 x 21,3 cm. With a printed, coloured frontispiece and a printed coat of arms on the title page. 5 leaves. Leather with a green title label, gold-embossed cover border and spine decoration.
(Worn, with minor bumps and stains. Binding loose. Title page bears the stamp of Bernhard von der Becke. Slight foxing, particularly at the edges of the pages.)
A rare print relating to the Order of the White Falcon, an order of merit established by Grand Duke Carl August in 1732 and renewed in 1815, which was one of the most significant orders of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. An interesting document on the history of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and the Weimar court during Goethe’s time. - From the Goethe collection of Edwin Redslob (bookplate on the verso of the flyleaf).
(Worn, with minor bumps and stains. Binding loose. Title page bears the stamp of Bernhard von der Becke. Slight foxing, particularly at the edges of the pages.)
A rare print relating to the Order of the White Falcon, an order of merit established by Grand Duke Carl August in 1732 and renewed in 1815, which was one of the most significant orders of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. An interesting document on the history of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and the Weimar court during Goethe’s time. - From the Goethe collection of Edwin Redslob (bookplate on the verso of the flyleaf).