Burgermeister, Johann Stephan. Codex Diplomaticus Equestris cum continuatione Oder Reichs-Ritter-Archiv. Two volumes. 3 Bl. 1464 pp., 36 Bl.; 2 Bl., 1672 p., 44 p. With 2 wdhl. engraved coat of arms frontispieces, the double title in red and black. 20.5 x 16.5 cm. Sprenkel marbled smoothed leather i.e. (joints and capitals minimally brittle, low-impact, slight signs of wear, only tiny flaws) with (somewhat abrasiond) gold plating and 2 R signs. Ulm, Daniel Sweet, 1721. Pütter I, 317, 11. Cat. of the Chamber Court of Berlin 1249. ADB III, 601. – The authoritative, revised, expanded and published under different title, second edition of the historical basic work, first published in 1707. Burgermeister (1663-1722) was the syndicus of the Swabian free imperial knighthood and later kaiserl. Council in Ulm. "He was the most zealous defender of the privileges of the free imperial knighthood. This subject matter concerns almost all of his German written writings. Although without plan and criticism ... the same valuable material for the history of the Imperial Knighthood" (ADB). – Insignificantly browned or flaky, very few individual traces of usage (like insignificant ink stain), overall in remarkably good overall preservation. - Rarely so complete work in two volumes and with both frontispieces - one of the most important References to the Reichs-Rittertum and the aristocracy connections.