90 - Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - Lower Saxony

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - Lower Saxony Guest book with over 2,000 entries and signatures from numerous visitors, some of whom returned repeatedly, including many members of the nobility and well-known figures. Includes several, mostly small, drawings and 1 mounted photograph. Mostly Ludwigslust and Poggenhagen. 1889–1997. 4°. Dark red contemporary leather with white, ornamental corner fittings (traces of a removed center piece; rubbed, bumped, and stained). Contains entries at the beginning from Krauschow Castle/Züllichau (1900) and thereafter some from Cologne (Cöln). Subsequently, through the 1950s, some entries were addressed to an Elisabeth in Ludwigsburg, whose last name is not given. - Among them are, among others: Elisabeth (née von Rohr) and Henning von Bassewitz, von Below, Hans von Bülow, Albert, Alhard, Berta, Joachim, Karl, and Lucie von Burgsdorff, Lieutenant Erich Dreher, von Gauthier, Hertha von Mecklenburg, Bruno von Nathusius, Dorle, Louise, Wilhelmine, Carl, Ernst von Plüskow, Hans-Carl von Prittwitz, Hanna and Lazar Count Schmettow, Olga, Baroness, and Hans, Baron von Stein, Ursula, Ewald, Gerald and Günther von Stünzner, Margarethe and Henning von Sydow, Hasso von Wedel, Wilhelm von Zanthier, Blassmeyer, von Hoffmann, von Kirchbach, von Maltzahn, Poensgen, Spies von Büllesheim, Waitz von Eschen, von Westrell, von Winterfeldt. - From the 1960s onward, a guestbook kept by Ragna and Hans-Georg (presumably Hans-Georg Friedrich, owner of the company Teicher-Saaten) at the Lindenhof in Poggenhagen. - With entries by “Mama Amelie,” Karl Engel (1923–2006, pianist, including a handwritten musical staff), Gerhard Hamann (1935–2000, cellist, including a drawing), the Prince and Princess of Hohenzollern, Ingeborg Lindau, Friederike von der Osten, Prince Philipp von Rübenberge, Sontraud Speidel (b. 1944, pianist), Christiane Wilamowitz, Gisela von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, von Hake, Ariane von Sydow, and many others, often listed only by their first names. - On the occasion of the following events, among others: Silver Wedding Anniversary on May 19, 1901; Lalla’s wedding on March 16, 1905; Ludwigslust/Aunt Wilhelmine’s 90th birthday (1936); Gisela’s wedding (1943), a hunting trip on November 6, 1965 (Poggenmoor), music evenings 1969–81, Niels Strobek exhibition / opening in Lindau in 1973, Verena’s schnapps party in 1976, concert at Bonifatius Church in 1976, Verena and Hans’s bachelor and bachelorette party in 1978, evening drinks in 1979, Prof. Karl Engel’s farewell concert in 1986 at the R.C. Ballhof, farewell concert at the Lindenhof in 1989, various dinners, Christmas and birthday celebrations. - Slightly yellowed due to the paper, occasional minor spots, book block slightly loose, 1 cutout, 1 loose leaf; otherwise generally well-preserved. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - Lower Saxony - Guest book with over 2,000 entries and signatures of numerous visitors, including many aristocrats and famous personalities. Includes some, mostly smaller, drawings and 1 mounted photo. Mostly from Ludwigslust and Poggenhagen. - Some browning of the paper, occasional minor staining, book block cracking, 1 cutout, 1 loose leaf; otherwise, generally well preserved. This lot is subject to standard taxation. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints, and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.