Author: REGIMENT DRAGOONS QUEEN OLGA CENTENARY:
Title: Reiterspiele zur Hundertjährigen Wiederkehr des Gründungstages des Dragoner-Regiments Königin Olga, 1. Württ. Nr. 25, Ludwigsburg. [Originalausgabe; Original edition].
Description: Stuttgart, Steiner & Pfeiffer, Königliche Hfbuchdruckerei, 1913. Large 8°. Original cream-coloured moiré-silk covered boards. original silken doublures, bi-coloured cotton string through spine. Original circular coloured enamelled copper Regimental Coat-of-Arms fixed at upper left corner of front cover (Ø: 31mm.). Coloured illustrated and captioned Hftitle (verso blank), monochrome portraits of Emeror William II of Germany and Queen Olga ot Württemberg ( Consort to Charles I and sister to Czar Alexander II), on a plate printed withing eleborate decorative border with Coats-of-Arms at top (verso blank), ti.-p., 6 captioned fine coloured plates illustrating Cavalry officers, printed within a monochrome decorative border (versos blank). WITH a centre folded small folio printed notice (Hofansage :Imperial Court communication) by command of Chief Court Mashal Protocol to high ranked Imperial Court dignitaries about the arrival of the Emperor, dated 3 December 1913, loosely inserted. German language commemmorative volume celebrating the centenary of the German Regiment Dragoons, inaugurated 1813 by order of Queen Olga of Württemberg. Very fine de-luxe souvenir copy in a special binding, published in a very small edition on.y. Rare. (some tiny spots to front cover).

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