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rif. 401RARE HANDCOLOURED MAP SIKH WARS: ALIWAL SOBRAON MUDKI Waldemar's "Zue Erinnerungen an De Reise des Prinzen Waldemar von Prusson Nach Indian in Den Jahren 1844-46". Prince Waldemar of Prussia SHEET SIZE 23 X 17 INCHES CONDITION AS PER SCAN WE SELL ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS ONLY THEY ARE NOT RESTRIKE OR REPRODUCTIONS OF ANY KIND
rif. 16-6144Paris: Béthume et Plon 1837-1839. Portfolio with sheets loose s issued. Original boards and ties. 37 x 56cm. Ca. 100 pages of letterpress descriptions and facsimiles of signatures. 41 lithographic plates mainly by German artists. Some plates with foxing in teh margins.in-folio oblong en feuilles sous portefeuille en demi-percaline brune à coins àlacets grande étiquette de titre illustrée.Ensemble de 41 planches dont deux planches en couleurs.Mit Lithographien von Champin Cuvelier André Durand Freeman Granet Grevedon Gsell Jaime Julien Lassalle Lebnert Maggiolo Maurin ainé Raffert Saint-Aulaire Schinck Tirpenne nach Zeichnungen von Eduard v. Bendemann Auguste Callcott Amaury Duval Jacob Genssler Grandville "Walter Scott Scherif liesant le Riot-Act à Alexandre Rassemblement" Victor Hugo erste Veröffentlichung von 2 Zeichnungen Li-Lian-Tun "Vue intérieure d'un théatre au Japon" çu.a. Außerdem Autographen von Alexander I. Zar von Russland Beethoven Lucien Bonaparte Katharina der Großen Oliver Chromwell Erasmus von Rotterdam Friedrich II. Goethe Alexander v. Humboldt Melanchthon Moliere Napoleon I. Puschkin Rabelais Rubens Schiller Washington u.v.m. Subskribiert wurde das Album von zahlr. wichtigen Staats-Oberhäuptern der ganzen Welt darunter Präsident van Buren USA Leopold I. Belgien das franz. Königshaus Königin Victoria GB und Sultan Mahmoud II. Türkei außerdem von allen deutschen Herrscherhäusern und den Hansestädten Bremen und Hamburgquelques rousseurs [Paris: Béthume et Plon, 1837-1839?] hardcover
1751rif. B2289Berlin & the Hague: Jean Neaulme c. 1751. An excellent copy text and maps are clean and crisp. Edition: New Edition Binding: Contemporary full calf with decorative floral gilt-tooled border rebacked expertly in seven compartments of raised bands gilt lettering on two all edges tinted red endpapers marbled. Size: 4to Illustration: Title pages in red and black with engraved devices and with two folding maps as well as elaborate initials and head- and tail-pieces. Volume: Two volumes in one. Pages: P. half-title blank title blank 4 v-xvi 1-180; half-title blank title blank 181-385 errata. Category: Book Europe Germany Jean Neaulme hardcover
1849rif. 93589London: David Bogue 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London David Bogue 1849 first edition in English. Octavo two volumes xvi 338 and vi 378 pages plus a frontispiece in the first volume and 3 small folding maps all with a little hand-colouring. Early half calf and marbled papered boards with all edges marbled and matching marbled endpapers; leather a little rubbed and marked with light tidemarks near the joints of the first volume; tidemark to the frontispiece; scattered foxing; an excellent set. The frontispiece with an image size 188 × 114 mm without any margins has been mounted on thick paper; presumably this was done at the time the book was bound in the nineteenth century. Prince Adalbert 1811-1873 was a Prussian naval theorist and admiral; several journeys led him between 1826 and 1842 to the Netherlands Britain Russia Turkey Greece and Brazil Wikipedia. He spent the last four months on 1842 in Brazil. Alexander von Humboldt makes the following comments in his three-page introduction to this translation: 'this interesting Work . conducts us through Brazil to the mouth of the Amazon River and through this into one of its important tributaries the Xingu the course of which is now explored for the first time. The Journal of Travels printed originally only for the perusal of his friends . is not in the strict sense of the word a scientific book; nevertheless it contains observations and views of nature and customs which reflect a vivid picture of the scenes which the Prince witnessed and passed through. Instruction is imparted in the most pleasing manner when an unaffected simplicity and an absence of all pretension pervade a work like this'. This set was purchased at the dispersal sale of the Hope family's historic property 'Wolta Wolta' at Clare in South Australia; there is some serendipity in this given the Schomburgk family's close connection with the state. Richard Schomburgk accompanied his explorer brother Robert on an expedition in 1840-44 to British Guiana as botanist and historian. He later published the three-volume account of the expedition before emigrating to South Australia where he was a pioneering vigneron and an influential head of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. 2 items. David Bogue hardcover
1777rif. AQ23759London: Printed for J. Nourse 1777. 130pp. Later blind-ruled half-calf buff paper boards lettered in gilt armorial blind-stamps to both boards. Rubbed and marked joints split some loss to head of spine paper library shelf-label to foot. Bookplate of the Swansea Training College to FEP manuscript shelf-marks to FFEP occasional spotting. A remarkably rare survival of the first edition in English of Lettre sur l’education 1760 the declaration of Frederick II King of Prussia 1712-1785 announcing his desires regarding educational reform. Soon after the original Continental publication Frederick laid the basic foundations of what would eventually become the Prussian primary education system issuing in 1763 a decree for the first Prussian general school law based on the principles developed by Johann Julius Hecker. A true progressive in matters of learning he championed the acquisition of knowledge for the sake of knowledge and believed that women ought to be provided with the same opportunities of their male counterparts as the were no less capable: 'leur intelligence ne le cède point à celle de l'homme et même qu'avec une éducation plus mâle elles l'emporteraient sur nous'. 'Their intelligence does not yield to that of man and even that with a more masculine education they would prevail over us'. ESTC records a single copy Miami. ESTC N33830. First edition in English. 8vo. Printed for J. Nourse hardcover
2017rif. SBBI-mon0000146904La Coccinella 2017. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. La Coccinella paperback
1874rif. 2107090045London : Printed under the Superintendence of Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Prussia's account of the Franco-Prussian War Deutsch-Franzosische Krieg with interesting American provenance 4 volume set. Bound in publisher's red cloth. Includes: Part 1. History of the war to the downfall of the empire: Vol.1. From the outbreak of hostilities to the battle of Gravelotte; Vol.1 Part I Maps 22 fold out maps in case. Note: The case has a split; Vol.2. From the battle of Gravelotte to the downfall of the empire.; Vol.2 Part 2. Maps 11 maps in case. Pagination: Vol. 1: pt. 1: viii 439 143 p. 1 map ; pt. 2: iv 543 120 p. 2 maps. Water damage cover wear to V.1 part 1 with the front board nearly detached. The text is generally in good condition though. Interesting provenance: From the estate of Colonel Truman Smith 1893-1970. Smith was personal advisor to General George C. Marshall. Yale class of 1915. Awarded the Silver Star and Distinguished Service Medal. The volume was owned by his father Capt Edmund Dickinson Smith. E.D. Smith 1857-1900 was killed in the Spanish American War in Sogod Island Cebu Philipines. Smith was the son of Senator Truman Smith of CT. Signed "E.D. Smith 19' Inf." West Point class of 1879. London : Printed under the Superintendence of Her Majesty's Stationery Office hardcover
1760rif. 2354175Avignon: Pierre Mortier 1760. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. Twentieth century full leather binding. Edges faded but otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square pages clean and unmarked with no toning or foxing. 1760 Full-Leather. 44 pp. 12mo. A12 B10. Navy blue leather gilt titles gilt dentelles on turn-ins marbled endpapers ribbon marker bound in. French text. This work by Frederick II the King of Prussia also known as Frederick the Great presents his political philosophy including thoughts on morality social structure and individuals/citizens and their role in the health of nations. It is perhaps most important for the response it elicited from Voltaire who wrote a satirical letter in response in which he ironically praised the ruler for his ability to simultaneously applaud the humble virtues of the everyman represented here as a cobbler while sending many such men to their deaths in military campaigns specifically the Seven Years War. While Voltaire mocked this particular effort the two corresponded regularly and Voltaire even called Frederick a 'philosopher king.' Frederick published other political works as well including a rebuttal to Machiavelli's The Prince. Pierre Mortier hardcover
1849rif. 21010391849. London: Richard and John Edward Taylor for David Bogue. 1849. Two volumes in one 8vo. Contemporary red cloth central gilt ornament to both boards borders decorated in blind flat spine decorated and lettered in gilt edges gilt yellow endpapers; vol. I: pp. xvi 338; vol. II: pp. v 377; lithographic frontispiece to vol. I four lithographic folding maps with hand-colouring in outline; sometime rebacked with original spine relaid slight wear to corners; light toning throughout some marginal spotting to frontispiece; else a very clean and fresh copy. First English edition of Prince Adalbert of Prussia's account of his travels in Brazil Aus meine Tagebuche 1842-1843 which had first been printed in German for private circulation in 1847; this edition is the first to contain a preface by the polymath and explorer Alexander von Humboldt 1769-1859.A grandson of King Frederick William II of Prussia Prince Adalbert 1811-1873 was a naval expert who consulted several governments and travelled widely. His travel diary gives a vivid picture of Brazil during the early 1840s with observations on trade and economy wildlife including hunting occasionally and vegetation encounters with indigenous peoples and rambles in the Amazon basin. His account was 'only designed and printed for private distribution among the Prince's immediate friends' vol. I p. ix.Humboldt's preface is extracted from a letter to one of the translators of this edition the German-born explorer for Great Britain Robert H. Schomburgk 1804-1865. Humboldt had contributed the preface for the German edition of Schomburgk's Travels in Guiana and on the Orinoco seven years earlier. Schomburgk was the first European to mention the Waiwai indigenous people having encountered them on both sides of the border between Brazil and British Guiana; he travelled to British Guiana and the Orinoco river region from 1835 to 1839 and again in 1843.Publisher and editor John Edward Taylor 1799-1844 - who printed this edition for David Bogue in partnership with his uncle Richard Taylor - was the founder of the Manchester Guardian now The Guardian. There are two issues of this edition one with Humboldt's name on the title the other one without however 'the two issues differ in no other way' Borba de Moraes.Sabin 162; Borba de Moraes p. 14 calling for one map only; many copies contain only three maps. hardcover
1789rif. 31688Amsterdam: J. G. Treuttel. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1789. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Military; Maps Military; French Revolution; 18th Century; Patial color and b/w; Folio 13" - 23" tal; Recueil des plans de batailles sieges et combats arrives dans les expeditions memorables da la guerre de sept ans pour servir a l'intelligence des oeuvres Posthumes de Frederic II roi de Prusse. Contemporary boards worn. Binding sound. 17 x 13.5". Engraved partly hand-colored table 17 18 of 19 total engraved partly hand-colored battle maps 1756-1759- primarily large double-page & folding. Occasionally slightly toned but generally clean of markings and tears. On good quality paper. Ex-library - blind stamp on title page. . J. G. Treuttel hardcover
1849rif. 25907London: David Bogue 1849. First edition in English of the rare privately printed German Aus meinem Tagebuche 1842-1843.; 2 volumes 8vo pp. xvi 338 1; v 1 377 1; frontispiece in volume I slightly offset onto title page vignette titles in both volumes 4 folding maps 3 hand-colored in outline; B5-6 crudely opened in volume I minor foxing; slight discoloration of the spine else a very good copy in original brown cloth gilt-lettered spines. Adalbert 1811-73 was a German nobleman and explorer who traveled for four months in open boats in 1842 and 1843 primarily along the Amazon from the delta to the Rio Xingu thence to Sousel finally ascending the cataracts into tribal territory. "Of all the tributaries of the Amazon the Xingu was the least known and Adalbert's survey was the first of its kind but saw only the lowest 300 kilometres of the river. In fact the upper Xingu remained unexplored until Karl von den Steinem arrived at the headwaters . in August 1884" Howgego II A-3. Sabin 162; Borba de Moraes I 13. David Bogue unknown
1899rif. 055246Istanbul: Sabah Gazetesi / Mihran Matbaasi. AH 1316 1899. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine brown quarter leather bdg. brown boards with decorative embossing. Roy. 8vo. 24 x 17 cm. In Ottoman script Old Turkish with Arabic script. 176 p. 33 unnumbered b/w plates of views of the Middle Eastern cities Kaiser and queen's portraits ills. of their maritime voyages a general view of Beirut a panorama of Jerusalem in two pages The Government House and Lake Tiberia in Beirut a general view of Jaffa churches and castles and Masjid-i Aksa of Jerusalem Idlib the interior of the Umayyad Mosque in Jerusalem The Government House of Jaffa Beirut - Damascus railways street views and architectural buildings from Damascus the market place of Jaffa Bethlehem and the church views of Trablus-Sam i.e. Tripolis ruins of Baalbek and other numerous b/w photos published for only this book. Slight stains on pages a modern repair on a leaf with tape otherwise a very good copy. Bound together with "Eski Sevda" which is a compilation of Turkish tales. First and only edition of this richly illustrated scarce and uncommon book was printed for the German Emperor Wilhelm II and his wife Augusta Victoria the commemoration of the construction of Alman Çesmesi i.e. German Fountain in Constantinople and the first anniversary of the Wilhelm II's travel to the Ottoman Empire in 1898. The fountain's design was drawn by the architect Spitta and constructed by the architect Schoele with the German architect Carlitzik and Italian architect Joseph Anthony working on the project. The fountain was built in Germany and then transported piece by piece to Istanbul reassembled in its current site and officially opened on January 27 1901 on the birthday of German Emperor Wilhelm II. Wilhelm II's voyage to the Levant in 1898 was a state visit that the German Emperor undertook in the Ottoman Empire between 25 October and 12 November 1898. The Kaiser started his journey to the Ottoman Eyalets with Istanbul on 16 October 1898; then he went by yacht to Haifa on 25 October. After visiting Jerusalem and Bethlehem the Kaiser went back to Jaffa to embark on Beirut where he took the train passing Aley and Zahlé to reach Damascus on 7 November. This book is richly illustrated including many views of the cities of this voyage's destinations like Jerusalem Damascus Beirut Beirut Jafa Baalbek etc. On 10 November Wilhelm went to visit Baalbek before heading to Beirut to board his ship back home on 12 November. His visit spurred interest in the German Templer colonies in Palestine. One of the Kaiser's traveling companions Colonel Joseph von Ellrichshausen initiated the formation of a society for the advancement of the German settlements in Palestine named the Gesellschaft Zur Förderung der Deutschen Ansiedlungen in Palästina in Stuttgart. It enabled the settlers to acquire land for new settlements by offering them low-interest loans. A subsequent second wave of German settlers founded Wilhelma named after the Kaiser now called Bnei Atarot in 1902 near Lod Walhalla 1903 near the original Jaffa colony followed by Bethlehem of Galilee 1906. The German Settlement Society successfully encouraged some of the Templars to return to the official national Protestant Church. The non-Templar colony of Waldheim now Alonei Abba was subsequently founded next to Bethlehem of Galilee in 1907 by proselytized Templers now affiliated with the Old-Prussian State Church. The visit resulted in the highest-profile political event in the life of Theodor Herzl considered the founder of Zionism. Through the efforts of William Hechler via Frederick I Grand Duke of Baden Herzl publicly met Wilhelm II three times during the voyage once in Istanbul on 15 October 1898 and twice in Palestine 29 October and 2 November. The meetings significantly advanced Herzl's and Zionism's legitimacy in Jewish and world opinion. Wikipedia. Only one copy in OCLC Library of Congress. Karl Süssheim Collection no. 1300 900684728. Özege 7023 Sabah Gazetesi / Mihran Matbaasi., [AH 1316] hardcover
1787rif. 018048Berlin Venise: Vieweg Formaleoni Storti 1787-92. 25 tomi riuniti in 13 volumi in 8vo 125x19 cm con titoli separati. In lingua francese. Legatura in mezza pelle del tempo dorso liscio ornato e dorato con doppio tassello rosso e verde. Qualche usura a una cuffia; piccoli fori di tarlo nel dorso e nel bianco di qualche volume quasi invisibili. Ex libris Biblioteca Polesini e bollo a inchiostro della medesima biblioteca agli occhielli e in un paio di casi anche ai titoli etichette a ldorso dei volumi. --- Vol 1 tomi 1 e 2: Memoire pour servir a lhistoire de Brandebourg. Première partie seconde. Berlin Venezia Formaleoni 1787. Con XII-232pp; 248pp. --- Vol 2 tomi 3 e 4: Correspondence familière et amicale. avec U. F. de Suhn. Première partie seconde. Berlino Venezia Formaleoni 1787. Con 136pp; 200pp. --- Vol 3 tomi 5 e 6: Histoire de mon temps. Tome I II. Berlino Venezia Storti 1789 // Da questo tomo luogo e nome dello stampatore non cambiano più//. Con 294pp-2; 343pp-3. --- Vol 4 tomi 7 e 8: Histoire de la guerre de Sept Ans. Tome I .III. 1789. Con 4-366pp-2; 208pp-1. --- Vol 5 tomi 9 e 10: segue 224pp-1. Memoires depuis la paix de Hubertsbourg jusqa la fin du partage de la Pologne et de la guerre de 1788. 1789. Con 295pp.1 --- Vol 6 tomi 11 e 12. Correspondence. au sujet de la succession de la Bavière. 1789. Con 4-279pp-2. Poesies. 1789. Con 4-313pp-2. --- Vol 7 tomi 13 e 14. Poesies. Seconde partie. 1789. Con 303pp-4. Correspondence. avec M Jordan et avec M. de Voltaire. 1790. Con 320pp. --- Vol 8 tomi 15 e 16. Suite de la correspondance avec Voltaire. 1790. Con 304pp. Suite de la correspondance avec Voltaire. 1790. Con 315pp. --- Vol 9 tomi 17 e 18. Correspondance. avec DAlembert. 1790. Con 334pp. Suite de la correspondance. 1790. Con 304pp. --- Vol 10 tomi 19 e 20. Correspondance du marquis dArgens. 1791. Con 352pp. Correspondance de M. DAlembert. 1791. Con 285pp. --- Vol 11 tomi 21 e 22. Correspondance de M; DAlembert. 1791. Con 278pp. LAntimachiavel ou examen du Prince de Machiavel avec des notes. 1792. Con XXII-328pp.--- Vol 12 tomi 23 e 24. LArt de la guerre. 1792. Con 328pp. Epitres familières et autres oeuvres. 1792. Con 226pp.--- Vol 13 tomo 25. Essai sur la vie et le règne de Frédéric II roi de Prusse par M. labbé Denina. 1792. Con 472pp. Al titolo la menzione première partie ma lopera è completa senza partizioni. Il nome dell'ed. tedesco Federic Viweg l'aine sul verso dell'occhietto del v. 3. Bell'esemplare completo di questa edizione delle opere di Federico Secondo di Prussia il re filosofo. Vieweg, Formaleoni, Storti unknown
rif. 65567London: David Bogue 1849. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 2 vols. 8vo. 22 x 14 cm. pp.xvi3381 colophon; v3771 colophon. Publisher's original dark green blindstamped cloth upper covers with gilt stamped eagle vignette spines with gilt lettering yellow-coated endpaers. Lithographic frontispiece and 4 lithographic maps with outline colour 3 folding including map frontispiece to Volume 2 two title vignettes. Ex libris Ralph Gerard Leycester 1817-1851 member of the English landed gentry associated with Toft Hall a historic country estate near Knutsford in Cheshire with his inscription to front pastedowns. The odd instance of occasional spotting generally an excellent set the cloth being particularly bright and well preserved in the original cloth. Scarce first English edition preface by Alexander von Humboldt after the first edition 1847 in German limited to 100 copies. Adalbert von Preußen 1811–1873 was a naval expert who consulted several governments and travelled widely. Adalbert's travel diary gives a vivid picture of Brazil during the early 1840s with observations on trade and economy wildlife including hunting occasionally and vegetation encounters with indigenous peoples and rambles in the Amazon basin. With additional chapters on Mount Etna the Alhambra Gibraltar Cadiz Madeira Teneriffe and Rio de Janeiro. There are two issues of this edition one with Humboldt's name on the title the other one without. 'The two issues differ in no other way' Borba de Moraes. Sabin 162 London: David Bogue, 1849. hardcover
1815rif. 3633626/03/1815. In 1815 Berlin had been liberated from Napoleon for just 2 years and the Palais am Wilhelmsplatz in Berlin was a key aristocratic residence near the Wilhelmstrasse which was becoming a hub for government and high society. This area was crucial for military leadership and elite housing near the Brandenburg Gate often used by Prussian royal families and high-ranking officials during the post-Napoleonic era. Composed just days after Napoleon Bonaparte returned to power in France March 1815 and Prussia had reason to fear another invasion this letter offers a glimpse into the private concerns of the Prussian royal family at a moment of major European upheaval. Despite the looming political crisis the correspondence reflects the everyday workings of aristocratic patronage property management and family influence within the Prussian court. Princess Charlotte Autograph letter signed March 26 1815 to Prince Friedrich of Prussia just 6 days after Napoleon's arrival in Paris for his famed 100 days. ""Esteemed uncle A gray eternity has passed since my eyes last gazed upon your gentle countenance I feel anxious and I long to see you again. Two matters urge me today to burden you with my lines; firstly to find out about your health and how my uncle is doing; and secondly it is a request to you on behalf of Ms. von Kleist who would so much like to live in some rooms in your unused Palais at the Wilhelmsplatz. Aunt Hußen has already written to you in this regard and you didn’t know whether the King would allow it. Now I received a letter from Papa yesterday who told me that he cannot grant the request as it concerns the Johanniter Palais and is therefore at the disposal of his brother Heinrich; so he leaves it up to you and as one can see he will not mind; and is it not true that you are not using the whole large building at all and that you will heed my request all the more so since it is your aunt Auguste’s wish I am counting on your generosity and kindness my one and beloved uncle and I am waiting for a favorable response; as I am kissing your gracious hands in my mind until it can soon be done in actuality – your Charlotte"" <img class=""alignnone wp-image-25018 size-post-window"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204144051/Folder-site-11-1600x1327.jpg"" alt=""historical memorabilia dealer"" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /> unknown
1778rif. 173569N: N 1778. dated 14th April 1778 Headquarters at Schonwalde near Silberberg expressing pleasure at his desire to come and join him. Single sheet 22.7 cm. x 19 cm. 7 lines written on one side with creases. Frederick II King of Prussia known as Frederick the Great 1712-1786 was ' a brilliant military campaigner who in a series of diplomatic stratagems and wars against Austria and other powers greatly enlarged Prussia's territories and made Prussia the foremost military power in Europe Britannica'. lang2057 The recipient probably Vicomte de Houdetot often spelled Houdelot belonged to a prominent French aristocratic family. N unknown
1900rif. 1649241900-01. Ten-thousand words of musings on democracy aristocracy and plutocracy An extensive manuscript being Kaiser Wilhelm's unpublished translation into German of an article covering political theory from the English journal The Quarterly Review. The original article by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson published in the October 1900 issue of the journal pp. 359-80 was nominally a review of eight recent books on political philosophy among them Heinrich von Treitschke's Politik E. L. Godkin's Problems of Modern Democracy and Theodore Roosevelt's American Ideals. In practice as standard for the Quarterly Review the article used the reviewed works as a starting point for a wider discourse. The article would have clearly appealed to the Kaiser. It begins by asking whether political philosophy even exists and the author notes that historically political philosophy is characterized by absolutism. However he observes that there is now a shift towards relativism. The trend in modern politics is the state's growing power and size those in control increasingly influenced by plutocracy. He argues that the House of Commons gradually ceded its power to the Cabinet risking a shift in British democracy towards the American plutocratic system. The solution is to preserve an aristocracy but one based on training and ability rather than birth. Wilhelm has dated the first page "25.12.1900" and "2.2.1901" and the last page "17.2.1901" presumably the dates between which he translated it. The lengthy project totalled around ten thousand words. He has made a few corrections and underlined some words for emphasis. Generally the manuscript is written confidently in Wilhelm's bold hand. Wilhelm had an English mother the eldest child of Queen Victoria and spoke English fluently though from his boyhood preferred the Prussian militarist and autocratic teachings of his tutors to the British liberalism of his mother. Wilhelm had been Kaiser for 13 years when he undertook the translation and his reasons for doing so are unknown. He was always deeply interested in political ideas the preservation of the German order and in Britain's development and its threat to German power. A typed transcript of the German translation and a photocopy of the Quarterly Review article is included. Manuscript 38 bifolia with full-page manuscript on 77 pages and running heading "Politik" on first page of each except the first; page size 235 x 202 mm; Wilhelm's coat of arms embossed in silver at head. Housed in custom quarter leather solander box. Very light soiling. In excellent condition. hardcover
