De uxore Theotisca, von der Teutschen Frau [...]. Mit einer Praeliminair-Dissertation von der Vermählung Herzogs Henrich des Leuens mit der Königlich Englischen [...] Prinzessin Mathildis [...].

Göttingen, J.W. Schmidt, 1748

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4to: [64]-64-290-[43-2 bl.-1] pp. (usual toning, some spotting or staining).

Contemp. vellum, flat spine titled in ink. Good copy.

Rare study of German matrimonial legislation and customs by the German lawyer and legal historian Grupen (1692-1767), also mayor of Hannover. With an early study of the marriage of Henry the Lion (1129-1195) and Matilda (1156-1189), daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Engr. ill.: 1 folding pl., 3 full-page pl. (i.a. funeral monument of Henry and Matilda), and a number of woodcuts.
Ref. Hayn/Gotendorf II:696 ff. - Not in VD18.
Prov. Older German notes on front endpaper and flyleaf.
Bound with: Id. - Teutsche Alterthümer zur Erleuterung der Sächsischen auch Schwäbischen Land- und Lehn-Richts [...]. Mit Figuren. Hannover & Lüneburg, J.W. Schmidt, 1746. 4to: [8]-128 pp. Woodcut (English) royal arms on title. 1 fold. engr. + 13 text ill. (after medieval manuscripts). Ref. VD18 14467461.