Pages from the Annals of German History
Vintage Cigarette card album depicting events in German history from the time of the Cherusci to the
beginning of World War I reproduced from paintings. Includes views of battles, treaties, meetings from
the time of Hermann to Charlemagne; medieval pageantry; the Reformation; Thirty-years War;
the establishment of Prussia; the time of Frederick the Great; German intellectual life around 1800;
the German Revolution in 1848; unification of Germany in 1864-1871; Franco-Prussian war until ca. 1908
before the beginning of World War I.
Includes depictions of Germans including Luther, Goethe and Bismarck,
and other prominent figures and rulers in German history!
... complete with all colored tobacco cards!
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Album Style
- 60 pages
- 252 coloured cigarette cards
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In good exterior and very good interior condition.
Boards and spine age toned and slightly stained, otherwise ok with mild traces of use and age.
All pages are complete and tight in the binding.
Approx/Measurements: 12-1/2" x 9-1/2" ~1.55 lbs. |
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Published by Cigarette Service
in 1932
Contents:
Group 1: From Hermann the Cheruscan to Charlemagne
Group 2: German Middle Ages
Group 3: The Age of Reformation
Group 4: The 30 Years War
Group 5: The rise of Prussia
Group 6: The Age of Frederick the Great
Group 7: German intellectual life around 1800
Group 8: The Age of the War of Liberation
Group 9: The Unification of Germany 1864-1871
Group 10: The period 1871-1914
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