Various; Joel Schmidt [ed.] — Die Grossen Dynastien Europas

Lausanne, Editions Rencontre , 1969. Hardback. An attractive complete set of histories on prominent European dynasties, from the Tudors, the Capetian dynasty and many others. The German editions of these works, translated from the French. Complete in fifteen volumes. Uniformly bound in the publisher's cream boards, with a unique gilt stamp to each of the volumes. A very pleasing set looking at some of the most prominent and well-known European dynasties, from Houses such as the Tudors and Bourbons to the Romanovs, Habsburg and many others. Each volume contains sixty-four plates of monochrome illustrations and photographs. Collated, complete. This series' editor is Joel Schmidt, a graduate in higher education for History, who also wrote one of the works on the Nerva-Antonine dynasty. The entirety of the set comprises the following:'Die Kapetinger' by Louis Mexandeau. Translated by Erhard Schwabe.'Die Bonaparte' by Jean-Pierre Rioux. Translated by Dr. Gerda Grothe. 'Die Bourbonen' (in two volumes) by Claude Mettra. Translated by Harry Kahn. 'Die Hohenzollern' by Louis Mermaz. Translated by Elinor Lipper. 'Die Romanows' by Daria Olivier. Translated by Dr. H. Hinderberger. 'Die Tudors and und the Stuarts' by Guy le Clec'h. Translated by Elinor Lippper. 'Die Hohenstaufen' by Pierre Jundt. Translated by Dr. Eva Rechel. 'Das Haus Oranien-Nassau' by Michel Richard. Translated by Dr Ernst F. Podlesnigg. 'Die Spanischen Bourbonen' by Jean-Louis Jacquet. Translated by N. O. Scarpi. 'Die Habsburger' by Michel Georis. Translated by Dr. Eva Rechel. 'Die Medici' by Albert Jourcin. Translated by Elinor Lipper. 'Die Plantagenets' by Christine and Pierre Lauffray. Translated by Sonja Butler. 'Adoptivkaiser und Antonine' by Joel Schmidt. Translated by Margaret Meixner. 'Die Valois' by Jean-Joseph Martin. Translated by Tyra Vulcan. Uniformly bound in the publisher's boards, with unique gilt stamps to each volume. Externally, very smart, with light bumping to the extremities. Minor cracking to 'Bourbonen II' joints. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .