1957 - Pappenheim, M. v.

Pappenheim, M. v. Chronicle of the Truchsessen of Waldburg from their origins up to the time of Emperor Maximilian II, illustrated with notes, additions, and treatises. 2 parts in 2 vols. Memmingen, Mayer 1777 and Kempten, Typographical Society 1785. Fol. With 1 (of 2) engraved title vignette (view of Waldburg with Friedrichshafen and Rorschach in the background), 1 copperplate (seal), and 12 genealogical tables. 4 leaves, 376 pp., 19 leaves; 2 leaves, IV, 546 (recte: 548) pp., 13 leaves. Damaged contemporary half-leather binding. Brunet VI, 26597. - Chronicle of the famous princely family from the Lake Constance region. Gebhard Truchseß is treated in particular detail; at the end of the 16th century, as Prince-Archbishop of Cologne, he unsuccessfully attempted to transform the archiepiscopal see into a secular principality. - Parts slightly stained and browned; Part 2 with page markers. Title vignette from Part 2 cut out.