COUNT

CORTI

T H E RISE O F T H E

HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD
TRANSLATED FROM BY THE GERMAN

BRIAN & BEATRIX L U N N

LONDON

VICTOR GOLLANCZ LTD 14 Henrietta Street Covent Garden 1928

LIST
1. T H E

OF

ILLUSTRATIONS
FAMILY'S ANCESTRAL HOME AT
PAGE

ROTHSCHILD

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
FACING

2. F R A N K F O R T - O N - M A I N EIGHTEENTH 3 . THE JEWISH

AT

THE .

CLOSE . . .

OF . .

THE . . 2 2 36

CENTURY IN

QUARTER OF A

FRANKFORT COIN

4. T I T L E - P A G E

ROTHSCHILD

CATALOGUE,

1770-1780
5. A P A G E F R O M T H E R O T H S C H I L D 6. W I L H E L M , ELECTOR OF COIN CATALOGUE .

50
60 . 70

HESSE

7. CARL THEODOR, 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 MAINZ . . . . . . . 9 4 100

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 9. ENGLISH MANUFACTURED 10.

GOODS B E I N G B U R N T A T 106

F R A N K F O R T IN N O V E M B E R 1810 . . . O N E OF M E Y E R A M S C H E L ROTHSCHILD'S MUCHSOUGHT-AFTER MONEY-ORDERS . . . . . BY . . . THE . .

130 150 176

11. 12.

JAMES, NATHAN

BARON

VON

ROTHSCHILD . . .

ROTHSCHILD FOR

13a. D E S I G N 13b.

COAT-OF-ARMS

SUBMITTED . THE

R O T H S C H I L D F A M I L Y IN 1817 T H E COAT-OF-ARMS GRANTED TO F A M I L Y IN 1817

. . ROTHSCHILD

200

200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 240 258 274 290

14. 15. 16. 17. 18.

FRIEDRICH SOLOMON

VON MEYER

GENTZ ROTHSCHILD

J O H A N N PHILIP, COUNT VON STADION

M E Y E R CARL, B A R O N VON ROTHSCHILD AMSCHEL M E Y E R VON ROTHSCHILD

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19.

LIST
COAT-OF-ARMS

OF

ILLUSTRATIONS
FACING PAGE

OF A B A R O N ,

AS F I N A L L Y GRANTED . . . . . . . . MEYER . . . . . 416 432 . . 302 328 354 380

TO T H E R O T H S C H I L D F A M I L Y IN 1822 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. PRINCE CLEMENS VON METTERNICH BLUESHIELD WITH HIS SAMPLES . .

M A R I E L O U I S E , D U C H E S S OF P A R M A MORITZ VON BETHMANN . . AND .

AMSCHEL . .

ROTHSCHILD TOURING E U R O P E

Louis

PHILIPPE

1 THE ROTHSCHILD FAMILY'S ANCESTRAL HOME AT FRANKFORT-ONMAIN

2 FRANKFORT-ON-MAIN AT THE CLOSE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Etching after a drawing by F. J. Ehmant Historical Museum of the City of Frankfort

3 THE JEWISH QUARTER IN FRANKFORT from a painting by Wilhelm von Hanno

4 TITLE-PAGE OF A ROTHSCHILD COIN CATALOGUE, 1770-1780 Town Library, Frankfort-on-Main

5 A PAGE FROM THE ROTHSCHILD COIN CATALOGUE Town Library, Frankfort-on-Main

6 WILHELM, ELECTOR OF HESSE Etching from a painting by W. Bttner, 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 Portrait Gallery

9 ENGLISH MANUFACTURED GOODS BEING BURNT AT FRANKFORT IN NOVEMBER 1810 Historical Museum of the City of Frankfort

10 ONE OF MEYER AMSCHEL ROTHSCHILD'S MUCH-SOUGHT-AFTER-MONEY-ORDERS Town Library, Frankfort

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

23

MORITZ VON BETHMANN AND AMSCHEL MEYER ROTHSCHILD TOURING EUROPE Contemporary Frankfort caricature Town Library. Frankfort

24 LOUIS PHILIPPE Duke of Orleans, King of Prance Print from a painting by Franois Gerard National Library, Vienna