Hartard to and from Hattstein, D. The Highness of the Teutsche Reichs-Adel. 11. Part. 6 Bl., 590 pp., 16 p., 1 Bl.., 81 p. and 1 p. With stung frontispiece and 8 copper plates. 35 x 22.5 cm. Parchment d. C. (strongly loaded, with deposited flaws) Lid with coloured paper cover (tempered, stained and bruised). Fulda, Köß, 1740. Graesse III, 218. Bernd No. 2514. – First edition of the comprehensive and arranged catalogue of the lower German nobility in three alphabets. With detailed pedigree and illustration of the respective parent coats of arms. Each volume with several registers, which also record the maternal, maternal and married ancestors. That stinged. Dedicated sheet with portrait of the abbot of Fulda, Adolph, among them a beautiful overall view of the city. – A little patchy, wavy and with small traces of usage.