Author: PERTHES (Justus), publisher:
Title: Gothaischer genealogischer Hof-Kalender auf das Jahr 1826
Description: Gotha, bei Justus Perthes, 1826. 12mo, 109 x 70 mms., pp. [ii], 198, 167 [168 - 170 adverts], engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved portraits, 8 leaves flags printed in colour, original printed decorative boards, with all edges gilt. A very good copy. So far as I can tell, the first court calendar printed at Gotha was in 1763; Justus Perthes took over the printing in 1765 and continued until 1816. It began to be recognized as a genealogical reference works in the 1820s.

Keywords: calendar genealogy prose


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