KNESCHKE Ernst Heinrich - Deutsche Grafen-Haeuser der Gegenwart in heraldischer, historischer und genealogischer Beziehu....

KNESCHKE Ernst Heinrich - Deutsche Grafen-Haeuser der Gegenwart in heraldischer, historischer und genealogischer Beziehung. Bd. 2: L-Z. Leipzig 1853; T. O. Weigel. 8, p. X, 741. period decorated leather binding, gilt trim.
Binding damaged, rubbing and staining of covers, soiling of back cover, cracks in spine, rubbing of leather at edges, minor soiling of last dozen pages, otherwise good condition. Library exlibris of Countess Matilda Sierstorpff of Ljubov (German: Lübow) with a view of the palace there. The binding was done by Ferdinand Halle of Leipzig (sticker on the front paste-down). Book of count families, mainly from Prussia, Austria, Russia, Bavaria. Alphabetical arrangement, description of the history of each family preceded by a hand-colored impressive coat of arms.