GOTHA ALMANAC. Genealogical yearbook for 1854, in French, Gotha, 1854; contains genealogies of ruling families and aristocracy with ducal title including Polish families, together with diplomatic and statistical catalog; illustrations ch.-.b., pp. XIV+50 n.n.+696+(54)+4 n.n.; hardcover with embossed shield of arms and floral motifs, tattered and soiled, embossed gold title on spine; all in d.d.; dimensions approx.75x110mm. ALMANACH DE GOTHA / POUR L'ANNÉE1854.
Information on Polish aristocratic families: on pp. 106-107 the Czartoryskis with a division into the Zhukov branch (the family at the beginning of the 18th century became the owner of the castle in Zhukov Stary) and the Korzek branch (the castle in Korzec belonged to the family since the 18th century); on pp. 124-125 the Jablonowskis; on pp. 141-143 the Lubomirskis with a division into Ligne du prince Jerome, de Rzeszow (Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski married in 1640. Constance Ligęzianka, who brought Rzeszow as dowry) and Ligne du princeFrançois; on pp. 156 the Poninskis; on pp. 158-159 the Radziwill family, with a breakdown of the Ordinat de Kleck (the first Ordinat of the Kleck key was Albrycht Radziwill), Ordinat d'Olyka, Niesviez et Mir (family ordinates with centers in Nesvizh and Olyka were created as a result of the Grodno treaty of August 16, 1586 by the sons of Mikolaj Radziwill the Black); on pp. 184-185 the Sulkowski family. The obituaries section mentions the death of Marianna Czartoryska (1777-1851), pp. 248.
