Kaspar Friedrich Gottschalck Knihy

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Der in Fachkreisen hochgeschätzte Verfasser gibt mit diesem farbig illustrierten Almanach der deutschen Ritterorden einen umfassenden Überblick derGeschichte aller weltlichen weiblichen und männlichen Ritterorden deutscher Regenten bis zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts. In dieser einmaligen Dokumentation werden Auszüge der Stiftungsurkunden und Statuten der erwähnten Orden wiedergegeben und durch die im Original handkolorierten farbiten Darstellungen der Ordenstrachten und Ordensdekorationen wie Kreuze, Bänder und Sternen sehr plastisch dargestellt. Eine kulturgeschichtliche Rarität von hohem Rang.