Heraldry, Family Tree, coats of arms, Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Hannover, Salzdahlum, Wolfenbüttel
"Carte Genealogique de la Famille Royale de Brunswick-Lunebourg-Hanover & les différentes Branches qu'elle a formées avec les Armes Roiales & Electorales de cette Famille"
Chart (family tree) of the Royal families of Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Hannover
Chart has a most decorative arrangement of the main Coat of arms surrounded by the various related families' coats of arms.
On the left coats of arms in original hand coloring: Emperor, France, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Prussia, Palatinat, Bavaria and Nassau
On the right coats of arms in original hand coloring: Saxonia, Lorraine, Mecklenburg, Hessen, Württemberg, Holstein, Baden, Anhalt, Modena
There are two integrated copper etchings in the chart.
On the left: Chateau of Salzdahlum in Wolfenbüttel (not existing any more)
On the right: Chateau de Herrenhausen in Hannover
The family tree begins on the left side with Wittekind and on the right with the origin of the Guelphs.
It ends shortly before Chatelin published his work in 1720
Copper etching with splendid original hand coloring in gouache style
Published in: "Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A l'Histoire, à la Chronologie & à la Géographie Ancienne & Moderne: Représentée dans de Nouvelles Cartes, Où l'on remarque l'établissement des Etats & empires du Monde, leur durée, leur chûte, & leurs differens Gouvernemens"
Amsterdam, 1720
Author: Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743)
This impressive print, rare with its original hand-color, would be anyone whose ancestors are here shown.
Condition: Print has light general age toning, a very pleasant patina. The original coloring of the coats of arms is simply superb. On order to fit into Chatelain's atlas this very large print had to be folded vertically several times. In order to prevent the oxidation of the original colors, the reverse side of the print has been duplicated with very thin china paper in back of the coats of arms and some of the green lines which lead from one family member to the next.
42 x 103 cm (ca. 9.5 x 40")
