Lot 136
German silk printing
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Mit der allgemeinen Freunde Hessens bey der höchsterwünschten Wiederkunst des... Herrn Wilhelm des VIII, Landrafen zu Hessen... verbinden in tiefster Unterthänigkeit ihre getreueste Freudensbezeugungen und Wünsche Die Casselischen Schützen. Kassel: Johann Martin Lüdicke, 6 May 1758, 4to, 4 leaves including blanks, 1 engraved headpiece and decorative initial, contemporary green velvet, rather worn and faded, joints partly splitting, silk leaves a little browned and spotted
Footnote
Note: The work consists of title and a 2 page poem, written on behalf of the Kassel marksmen, welcoming the return of Wilhelm VIII of Hessen to Kassel, probably after campaigning in the Seven Years War.