corti - the rise of the house of rothschild (missing pictures) (1928)
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C O U N T CORTI
T H E RISE O F T H E
HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD T R A N S L A T E D F R O M T H E G E R M A N
B Y
B R I A N & B E A T R I X L U N N
L O N D O N
V I C T O R G O L L A N C Z L T D 14 Henrietta Street Covent Garden
1928
L I S T O F I L L U S T R A T I O N S
1 . T H E R O T H S C H I L D F A M I L Y ' S A N C E S T R A L H O M E A T
F R A N K F O R T - O N - M A I N . . . . F r o n t i s p i e c e F A C I N G P A G E
2 . F R A N K F O R T - O N - M A I N AT T H E C L O S E OF T H E
E I G H T E E N T H C E N T U R Y . . . . . 2 2
3 . T H E J E W I S H Q U A R T E R I N F R A N K F O R T . . . 3 6
4. T I T L E - P A G E OF A R O T H S C H I L D C O I N C A T A L O G U E ,
1770-1780 50
5. A P A G E F R O M T H E R O T H S C H I L D C O I N C A T A L O G U E 60
6. W I L H E L M , E L E C T O R OF H E S S E . . 70
7 . C A R L T H E O D O R , B A R O N V O N D A L B E R G , L A S T E L E C
TOR O F M A I N Z . . . . . . 9 4
8. C A R L F R I E D R I C H B U D E R U S V O N C A R L S H A U S E N . 100
9 . E N G L I S H M A N U F A C T U R E D GOODS B E I N G B U R N T AT
F R A N K F O R T IN N O V E M B E R 1810 . . . 106 10. O N E O F M E Y E R A M S C H E L R O T H S C H I L D ' S M U C H -
SOUGHT-AFTER M O N E Y - O R D E R S . . . 130
11. J A M E S , B A R O N V O N R O T H S C H I L D . . . . 150
12. N A T H A N R O T H S C H I L D . . . . . . 176
13a. D E S I G N FOR C O A T - O F - A R M S SUBMITTED B Y T H E
ROTHSCHILD F A M I L Y IN 1817 . . . 200 13b. T H E C O A T - O F - A R M S G R A N T E D TO T H E R O T H S C H I L D
F A M I L Y IN 1817 200
14. F R I E D R I C H V O N G E N T Z . . . . . 218
15. SOLOMON M E Y E R R O T H S C H I L D . . . . 240
16. J O H A N N P H I L I P , C O U N T V O N S T A D I O N . . . 258
17. M E Y E R C A R L , B A R O N V O N R O T H S C H I L D . . 274
18. A M S C H E L M E Y E R V O N R O T H S C H I L D . . . 290
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10 L I S T OF I L L U S T R A T I O N S F A C I N G P A G E
19. C O A T - O F - A R M S OF A B A R O N , AS F I N A L L Y G R A N T E D
TO T H E R O T H S C H I L D F A M I L Y IN 1822 . . 302
20 . P R I N C E C L E M E N S V O N M E T T E R N I C H . . . 328
2 1 . B L U E S H I E L D W I T H HIS S A M P L E S . . . . 354
22 . M A R I E L O U I S E , D U C H E S S OF P A R M A . . . 380
23 . MORITZ V O N B E T H M A N N A N D A M S C H E L M E Y E R
R O T H S C H I L D TOURING E U R O P E . . . 4 1 6
24 . Louis P H I L I P P E . . . . . . . 432
1 THE ROTHSCHILD FAMILY'S ANCESTRAL HOME AT FRANKFORT-ON-
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5 A PAGE FROM THE ROTHSCHILD COIN CATALOGUE
Town Library, Frankfort-on-Main
6 WILHELM, ELECTOR OF HESSE Etching from a painting by W. Böttner,
National Library, Vienna
7 CARL THEODOR, BARON VON DALBERG Last Elector of Mainz
8 CARL FRIEDRICH BUDERUS VON CARLSHAUSEN Silhouette in the possession of the Hanau
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11 JAMES, BARON VON ROTHSCHILD Print, Historical Museum of Frankfort
12 NATHAN ROTHSCHILD Coloured Print Collection of portraits in the
National Library of Vienna ("Seyd umschlungen Millionen!")
13a DESIGN FOR COAT-OF-ARMS SUBMITTED BY THE ROTHSCHILD FAMILY IN 1817
13b THE COAT-OF-ARMS GRANTED TO THE ROTHSCHILD FAMILY IN 1817
14 FRIEDRICH VON GENTZ Print from a drawing by I. Leider
National Library, Vienna
15 SOLOMON MEYER ROTHSCHILD Drawing by I. Lieder
National Library, Vienna
16 JOHANN PHILIP, COUNT VON STADION Print from a drawing by Perger
National Library, Vienna
17 MEYER CARL, BARON VON ROTHSCHILD
After a print, Historical Museum of the City of Frankfort
18 AMSCHEL MEYER VON ROTHSCHILD Painting by William Hobday
Historical Museum of the City of Frankfort
19 COAT-OF-ARMS OF A BARON AS FINALLY GRANTED TO THE ROTHSCHILD
FAMILY IN 1822
20 PRINCE CLEMENS VON METTERNICH Print after a drawing by I. Lieder
National Library, Vienna
21 BLUESHIELD WITH HIS SAMPLES Caricature on the House of Rothschild
Destroyed by fire on 15th July, 1927, in the Palace of Justice at Vienna
22 MARIE LOUISE, DUCHESS OF PARMA Print after a drawing by G. Callegari (?)
National Library, Vienna
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24 LOUIS PHILIPPE Duke of Orleans, King of Prance
Print from a painting by François Gerard National Library, Vienna