LOUISE MARGARET (Princess, 1860-1917, daughter of Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, 1828-1885, and wife, 1879, of Arthur, Duke of Connaught, 1850-1942)

Manuscript map, inscribed and dated on the flyleaf in German "To My dear Papa, Luise Margarethe", showing the acquisitions of Prussia and Germany from 1415 to 1871, under each elector and monarch, 60 areas outlined in blue for the electorate to 1701, and in a separate colour for each king thereafter to 1871, with a key on the conjugate leaf, stout card 16" x 18½", mauve boards, no place, Christmas slightly worn, small bump in one corner of boards

The Princess' father, known as 'the Red Prince', from his favourite Hussar uniform, was a nephew of Wilhelm I and one of the chief architects of victory in the war of 1870-1871.

Item Date:  1873

Stock No:  53179      £750

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