17 - Liber amicorum - Album Amicorum C. F. Pestel. Anno 1783. 1784–1806. 78 leaves, 55 of which are inscribed on both the front and back. Includes 1 full-page ink drawing (dated 1786) and 1 ink-drawn vignette. 12 x 19 cm. Contemporary calfskin binding with rich gold embossing, gold-embossed title on the cover, gold edging on three sides, and color-illustrated endpapers (slightly rubbed).

Liber amicorum - Album Amicorum C. F. Pestel. Anno 1783. 1784–1806. 78 leaves, 55 of which are inscribed on both the front and back. Includes 1 full-page ink drawing (dated 1786) and 1 ink-drawn vignette. 12 x 19 cm. Contemporary calfskin binding with rich gold embossing, gold-embossed title on the cover, gold edging on three sides, and color-illustrated endpapers (slightly rubbed). Friendship album of Konrad Friedrich Pestel (Leiden), one of the sons of the legal scholar Friedrich Wilhelm Pestel (Rinteln 1724–Leiden 1805), whose work *Fundamenta jurispudentiae naturalis* he translated into German (see ADB 25, 462). Among the entries (in German, Latin, French, and Dutch): Friedrich Wilhelm Pestel, legal scholar, 1724 Rinteln–1805 Leiden (ADB 25, p. 461 ff.); Friedrich Franz Ludwig Pestel (“your affectionate brother,” see ADB 25, 462); J. H. Helledaij, Leiden, Nov. 1, 1784; Franciscus de Redeker, Minden, 1787; C. F. Groening of Cologne, Rotterdam, Leiden 1784; Alex. de Dopff of Breda, Leiden 1784; Watercolor: Landscape with Bridge and Torrent, 1786; A. L. Bentinck, Leiden 1785; Georg August Ebell, Court Councilor and Postmaster in Bremen (see DBA 260, 294ff); Peter Heinrich von Blanckenhagen of Riga (1723–94), numismatist (see Deutschbalt. Lex. 72ff); Galitzin, Prince Michel de, Leiden 1784; A. P. van Visvliet of Middelburg, Leiden 1789; H. J. van Visvlie, Leiden 1785; G. P. van Schuylenburg, Leiden 1786; C. Fr. Pestel, Leiden 1786; J. van de Graaff, Leiden 1785; George Le Fond ??, Leiden 17?9; Willem Rendorp, Leiden 1786, Biografisch Archief van de Benelux, I 564, 268; M. Conod, Leiden 1786; Bentinck, Wilhelm Gustav Friedrich, Imperial Count of NDB 2, p. 57; Jos. Jarauzewski, Wielkopolanin, Leiden 1780; Jerome C. de Jaraezerski ? Polonois, 1786; A. J. Suchtelen, Leiden 1787; Louise de Pestel, Minden 1787; H. van Hees, Leiden 1787; Jan Adriaan Moens, Leiden 1788; P. J. Moens, Leiden 1798; Johann Friedrich Wrede from Oldenburg; Leiden 1789; Jacob Heinrich Boode, Leiden 1790?; Wybo van Visvliet, from Middelburg, Leiden 1789; W. F. Roell from Amsterdam, Leiden 1789; M. F. Moens Moens, Matthias Jacobus?; A. van Citters; W. van Hogendorp, 1789; Carl Philipp Pestel, Minden, August 1788; Carl v. Pestel, 1783; Auguste Pestel, Leiden, 1794; Mrs. Schroeder, née Redekorn, Minden 1787; Sophie von Voß, née Rappard, Minden 1784; von Voß, Minden 1787; Charlotte von Pestel, Leiden 1794 = pasted-in drawing; Friedr. de Pestel, Celle 1787; Luise von Pestel, née von ?, Celle 1778; Heinrich Christian Boie (1744–1806), poet and jurist (see ADB 3, 85, NDB II, pp. 423–424); Johann Friedrich Jacobi (1712–91), theologian (see ADB 13, 586f); d. van Hees, Leiden 1797; L. Glarer, Leiden 1787; Karl Wilhelm(?) Prince of Nassau-Weilburg; Leiden 1792; Fr. Laffert, Celle 1787; G. Bremer, Celle 1787; Charlotte Dreppenstedten, née von Pestel; Frederic de Bülow, Celle 1787; D. van Royer, Leiden 1797; P. Eschauzier, Bentheim 1805; A. A. Eschauzier, Bentheim 1805. - The first page (title page?) and approximately 10 blank pages at the end are missing. #