KURLANDS ALTER ADEL UND DESSEN LANDGUTER, ODER KURLANDISCHE ADELSMATRIKUL UND LANDROLLE : NEBST ANDERN KURZERN AUFSATZEN [ET CETERA].

Hupel, August Wihelm

Published by Hartknoch, Riga, 1781

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Kurland [Courland's] Old Nobility and Their Estates, Or Kurland Nobility Matriculation and Land Role). KURLANDS ALTER ADEL UND DESSEN LANDGUTER, ODER KURLANDISCHE ADELSMATRIKUL UND LANDROLLE : NEBST ANDERN KURZERN AUFSATZEN [ET CETERA]. Riga: Hartknoch, 1781. 1st and only edition except for modern reprints. 12mo.240pp. 18th century or early 19th century half roan, 2 early 20th century bookplates. One on front pastedown and one on front free endpaper: Freiherr Emanual von Korff (Prussian officer and travel writer) and Freiherr Botho v. Korff. "Fide, sed, sui, vide!" Tables in text, one folding copper engraved plate. German ownership inscription from 1949 facing title.  Text clean. Very good overall.  Very scarce. Hupel provides a detailed overview of names and lives of the noble families in Kurland/Curland. The Curonians, a pagan tribe, inhabited Courland of what is now Latvia. The Brethren of the Sword, a German military order, subdued the Curonians and converted them to Christianity in the 13th century. In 1230, the Curonian king made peace with the papal legate. He accepted baptism, and became a vassal of the pope. In 1237 the area passed into the rule of the Teutonic Knights. The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia was a semi-independent duchy that existed from 1561 until 1795, encompassing the areas of Courland and Semigallia. Although nominally a vassal state of the Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth, the dukes operated autonomously. In the 18th century, Russia acquired great influence over the Duchy; the future Empress Anna of Russia served as regent there from 1711 until her accession to the Russian throne in 1730. In 1795, the last Duke, Peter von Biron, ceded the Duchy to the Russian Empire. Adapted from Wikipedia.

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• Title: KURLANDS ALTER ADEL UND DESSEN LANDGUTER, ODER KURLANDISCHE ADELSMATRIKUL UND LANDROLLE : NEBST ANDERN KURZERN AUFSATZEN [ET CETERA].
• Publisher: Hartknoch, Riga
• Publication Date: 1781
• Binding: Leather
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
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