SCRAPBOOK - Lot 122

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SCRAPBOOK - Lot 122
SCRAPBOOK OF COUNTESS MARY-JOY DE LIMBURG-STIRUM. Set of 14 volumes, folio format (320x250 mm), hardback bound with string, covering the period from 1902 to 1924. Containing several hundred photographs taken by the Countess, press clippings, invitation cards, menus, wedding and royal announcements, drawings, engravings, show programs and correspondence. With numerous handwritten annotations in English and German, etc. Including young Mary-Joy Newland's pre-marriage tour of Europe. Includes photos of places visited, portraits, group scenes, reproductions of paintings, boat trips, meetings, museum visits, etc. - 1902-1904: Rotterdam, Cologne, Heidelberg, Lucerne, Paris, Versailles, London, Harwick Castle, Windsor, Oxford, Hamburg, Norway, Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, Monaco, San Remo, Pisa, Rome, Sorrento, Pompeii, Venice, Vienna, Budapest. - 1905-1907: dedicated portrait of Mrs. Howard G. Meredith, wife of the British vice-consul in Detroit, whose sister is the wife of Count Menno de Limburg Stirum, conferences, receptions, invitations, military review in Detroit, visit to the Franciscan mission in Santa Barbara, Villa Miramar, Santa Barbara beach, Acheville, visit to Biltmore House at George Vanderbilt's, Charlotteville, etc. ... - 1910: Berlin, portraits of the Kaiser and the imperial Prussian family; 90 visiting cards of members of the court, Countess Brockdorff, Countess Keller, Countess zu Rantzau, Count and Countess Eulenbourg, Duke von Arenberg, Prince and Princess Münster von Derneburg, Prince and Princess of Fürstenberg, Duke of Ratibor, Prince and Princess Lichnowsky, Countess Oppersdorff, Jules Cambon (French ambassador in Berlin), Mr A. Pansa (Italian ambassador in Berlin), Lady Agnes Durham, Princess Antoinette von Isenburg, Prince and Princess Max Théodore von Thurn und Taxis; invitation to a gala at the Prussian court, menu, program, 20 invitations to the US embassy, British embassy, etc... - 1911: St. Moritz with Count Spielberg, cards and passes from the Cercle des étrangers de Monaco, visit to Villa Rosemary with Mrs. Arthur Cohen, visit to the Villa of the Duke and Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein, Villa Pamphili, autographed menu, invitation to the engagement party of Rodolphe von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, etc. - 1911-1912: plan and photos of the Nudersdorf manor house, Invitation to Baron Carl von Venningen, Baden-Baden racecourse, visit to Mecklenburg Castle, etc. - 1913-1916: photographic portraits of his daughters, menus, photographs, portrait and letter from Menno de Limburg-Stirum, autographed photograph of Mrs. Sarah Jane Cahier, opera singer (1870-1951), autograph visiting card from Mrs. French Vanderbilt, numerous documents on the Nudersdorf manor house, photographic portrait of the family, etc. - 1917-1919: various Baden-Baden show and opera programs, photographs of the family with a group of friends, etc. - 1920: posters, advertising and opera programs for the 1920 season in Baden-Baden, invitations, cards and passes for tennis and golf tournaments, photograph of a ball - 1921: menu, horse show, business cards of Count von Schaesberg-Thannheim, Countess von Hohenberg, Baroness de Graevenitz, photographs of horse races and fashion show, portrait of Princess Vicky de Shambourg-Lippe, a portrait of the Countess with an autograph dedication signed by the artist, etc. - 1922: series of photographs of the Countess and her daughters; photographs of the racing season with personalities of the time; Visiting card from Prince Eitel of Prussia, dinner menu from Albert Goldschmidt; visiting cards from Baron Vietinghoff, Dolly Groeninx van Zoelen, Wittelsbach, etc. - 1923: portrait of the Grand Duchess of Baden, dinner menu for the Thyssen family, program for a Nikita Balieff show; menu with autographed signatures, invitation card from Richard Haniel with a photo of his residence, etc. - 1924: passport, official documents in the name of the Countess of Limburg-Stirum, invoices and receipts on the letterhead of official signs, business cards from Countess Oberndorff with her photograph, Prince Tscharner, Baron and Baroness de Knorring; program for the Fête des Fleurs in Geneva; invitation to the wedding of the young Baroness van Hogendorp; invitation card from the Queen of Holland; invitation from Countess Granville and the US Ambassador, etc. Attached is a set of documents and miscellaneous correspondence. Good condition. A fascinating epic of this aristocratic family, tracing the important moments of the Limburg-Stirum family during this period.
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