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Almanach de Gotha.

Accession number
PML 250125
Published
Gotha : J. Perthes [etc., n.d.]
Credit line
1835 and 1845 editions Bequest of Julia P. Wightman.
Notes
Vols. for 1767-69, 1773 are German edition with title: Gothaischer Hof-Kalendar of Gothaischer Kalendar.
The edition for 1808 has title Almanac historique, généalogique (imprint: Leipsic); this ed. was almost entirely suppressed after publication and an altered ed. was issued in Paris under the title: Almanac[sic] de Gotha pour l'année 1808. (The altered ed. is not in the library.) For an account of the editions of 1808, see: Le Bibliophile belge, v. 6, 1850, p. 69-71, and Almanach de Gotha, v. 100, 1863, p, xiv-xv.
"Index général des portraits inséres dans les 175 années de l'Almanach de Gotha parues jusqu'à présent": v. 175, 1738 p. [13]-25.
"Aperçu des Matières contenues dans l'Almanach de Gotha depuis l'an 1766": v. 100, 1863, p. [xxi]-xxxviii.
Publication suspended after 1944 by order of the occupation authorities of the eastern zone of Germany. - Nijhoff, 8-49; 3-12-51.
1845 ed.: 632 pages ; 4 2/8 x 2 6/8 in. Includes index, portrait frontispiece.
Supersedes Gothaischer genealogischer und Schreib-Calender. - cf. Scribner's magazine, v. 41, 1707, p. 63, 67 (Not in the Library).
Description
181 v. : plates, ports, geneal. tables ; 10-15 cm
Provenance
1835 and 1845 editions from the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
1805 edition Gilt tooled calf, all edges gilt.
Classification
Department