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LENTZ, C. G. H. Bucher der Geschichten der Lande Braunschweig und Hannover. Braunschweig: Johann Heinrich Meyer, 1837. First edition. Contemporary gilt red calf by J. J. Selencka of Braunschweig, binder's label to front pastedown, boards with gilt rules, decorative cornerpieces, and a large central armorial with the monogram "E" of Ernst August, King of Hanover, spine gilt lettered and decorated, all edges gilt, in a custom slipcase. 8 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (21 x 12 cm); vi, 293 pp. A few spots of soiling and rubbing to boards and edges, spine lightly faded, contents with spotting, especially at front and rear, stamp of the Royal Library on the verso of the title, with legend, "Ex Bibliotheca Ernesti Aug. Hannov. Regis", H. P. Kraus booksellers description laid in.

A school book history of Hanover and Brunswick with royal provenance. Ernst August was the fifth son of King George V of England and Hanover. After his brother, William IV died in 1837, Ernst August's niece, Queen Victoria, succeeded to the throne of England. However, Victoria was prohibited from the Hanoverian throne by German Salic Law, and so Ernst August became the king of Hanover, ending the longstanding personal union between the two states. Published in the same year as his coronation, the English-born Ernst August must have needed a book like this to brush up on the his new kingdom's history.