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Gotha, bei Justus Perthes, [1845]. 16:o. Frontispiece, iv, 752, (4) pp. Publishers blind-pressed brown cloth. Tight copy. Somewhat foxed interior. Spine and back cover with some old ink stains.

Gotha, chez Justus Perthes, [1831]. Small 8:o. Frontispiece, viij, (48), 240, 170, (2) pp., (7) engraved plates. (3 portraits and 4 plates with landscape views). Publisher's blind-pressed boards, edges gilt. In original slipcase. Dog ears may occur. 68th volume. This series began already in the year 1763. French text. Provides detailed facts and statistics on nations of the world, including their reigning and formerly reigning houses, those of Europe being more complete than those of other continents. It also named the highest incumbent officers of state, members of the diplomatic corps, and Europe's upper nobility with their families. Although at its most extensive the Almanach de Gotha numbered more than 1200 pages, fewer than half of which were dedicated to monarchical or aristocratic data, it acquired a reputation for the breadth and precision of its information on royalty and nobility compared to other Almanach's.