Oct 20, 2009 - Sale 2190

Sale 2190 - Lot 402

Price Realized: $ 132
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Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
WILHELM, IGNAZ FRANZ XAVER VON. Vindiciae arboris genealogicae augustae gentis Carolino-Boicae, contra sistema authoris geneographi, qui in arbore genealogica . . . serenissimorum Bojorum principum fundatorem ponit Luitpoldum, et abrupta penitus arbore, negat Carolum Magnum. Double-page engraved map of the Danube Basin. [20], 82; 192; [12], 326, [28] pages, including engraved allegorical frontispiece, full-page coat-of-arms, Wittelsbach genealogical tree, and 2 illustrations (the second double-page) after medieval panels depicting Duke Arnulf the Bad. Folio, contemporary sheep gilt; light dampstain in lower outer corner of opening leaves, contents otherwise crisp and clean. Munich: Maria Magdalena Riedlin, 1730-32

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first edition of a genealogical work dedicated to Prince-Elector Charles Albert (later Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII) tracing the descent of the Wittelsbach dynasty of Bavaria to Charlemagne rather than to Margrave Luitpold.