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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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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 (?)

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Print from a painting by François Gerard National Library, Vienna