Per aspera ad astra. Leaves to commemorate the victory of the Prussian Army in 1866, drawn by F. Emperor, L. Burger, H. Lüders & C. Cook. 1 Textbl. With lithographic title page and 24 lithographic plates with clay plate. 39 x 51 cm. Semi-leather d. C. (impregnated and damaged capitals and corners) with Kaliko cover covers and gold stamped cover title as well as blind embossing. Berlin, W. Loeillot, (1867). Lipperheide Qdb 62 and Thieme-Becker V, 247; XIX, 445; XXI, 69 and XXIII, 448 (with the most extensive awards of the artists and draughtsmen). – With magnificent battle representations by the artists Friedrich Kaiser, Ludwig Burger, Hermann Lüders and Carl Koch. The tinted plates show horseman portraits, among others by King Wilhelm, Moltke, Prince Friedrich Carl, General von Steinmetz and battle scenes at Nachod, Wisokow, Trautenau, Königrätz and at Kulm, escape of the Austrian artillery, Tischnowitz, fight at the Herstaller Thore in Aschaffenburg, shooting of the fortress Marienberg in Würzburg etc. – inside a little tanned and mostly only in the white margin pale brownish patchy, rarely stronger. A plaque with a layered tear, some Odor humidus.