Anthony Ulrich (German: Anton Ulrich; 4 October 1633 – 27 March 1714), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1685 until 1702 jointly with his elder brother Rudolph Augustus, and solely from 1704 until his death.
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Size 6 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
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German poet, known especially for his ballads. Hölty was born in the Electorate of Hanover in the village of Mariensee where his father was pastor. In 1769, he went to study theology at the University of Göttingen.
Size 7 x 7.5 cms
Price £14.00
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Georg Ulrich von Wolkenstein-Rodeneck came from the Tyrolean noble family of Wolkenstein-Rodeneck and was born the son of Baron Sigmund von Wolkenstein (died March 18, 1624) and his wife Anna Helena von Firmian. Abbess Claudia Seraphica von Wolkenstein-Rodeneck (1625–1688) was his cousin. He owned Bruck Castle in East Tyrol, which he sold to Archduke Ferdinand Karl in 1642.
German canon and envoy to the Peace Congress of Westphalia, the Frankfurt Deputation Day (1643–1645), and the Imperial Diet in Regensburg in 1653.
Size 12 x 18 cms
Engraver Matthäus Merian
Price £28.00
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German geologist who set out an early theory about the stratification of the Earth’s crust and propounded a history of the Earth that came to be known as Neptunism.
Artist: F.Rosmasler 1775-1858 Size 11.5 x 15.5 cms
Price £28.00
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Frederick William I, known as the “Soldier King”, was the King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 until his death in 1740, as well as Prince of Neuchâtel. He was succeeded by his son, Frederick the Great.
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Size 17 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
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Nicholas, Count of Salm (1459 – Salmhof, Marchegg, Lower Austria, 4 May 1530) was a German soldier and an Imperial senior military commander (German: Feldherr). His greatest achievement was the defense of Vienna during the first siege by the Ottoman Empire in 1529.
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Size 14 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
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Rudolf I, also known as Rudolf of Habsburg, was Count of Habsburg from about 1240 and King of Germany from 1273 until his death. Rudolf’s election marked the end of the Great Interregnum in the Holy Roman Empire after the death of the Hohenstaufen emperor Frederick II in 1250
Size 7.4 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
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Bohemian statesman. Imperial Privy Councillor and Chamberlain, Assessor of the Higher Regional Court and Vice President of the Chamber in Bohemia.
Size 15 x 22 cms
Price £28.00
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a German philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and a representative of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature.
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Size 10 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
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German jurist. His home was a literary and musical salon, and he was a friend of Friedrich Schiller
Size 14 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
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