‎JESSEL HANS‎
‎SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN‎

‎Entwurf eines „Staatsgrundgesetzes für die Herzogthümer Schleswig = Holstein (Arbeit der am 24sten Juli 1848 von der provisorischen Regierung Niedergesezten Commission).‎

‎Kiel, Schmers'sche Buchhandlung, 1848. 8vo. In the original blank blue wrappers. Provisional repair with tape to spine. Front-wrapper missing upper inner corner. Two stamps to half-title, title-page and verso of title-page. Upper outer corner of half-title missing, far from affecting text. Occassional brownspotting throughout. 34 pp. with a blank leaf inserted between every printed leaf (giving a total of 33 ff., including the blanks). ‎

‎The rare first printing of the drafting of the constitution by the provisional government for the Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein. In 1848 the Schleswig-Holsteiners decided to establish a provisional government and oust the Danish king. The subsequent war (1848-1851) achieved a status quo until a permanent solution between Denmark and Germany was reached in 1920. The 1848-1852 events in Schleswig-Holstein were a Danish-German confrontation. The underlying issues were complex: The kingdom of Denmark and the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein were component parts of the Danish Monarchy and were united in the person of the king/duke. Schleswig was a Danish fief, Holstein a member of the German Confederation. A 1665 law introduced succession through the female line in Denmark, with the survival of Salic law in the duchies held in abeyance. Schleswig had a strong Danish element in the north, Holstein was German. ""With the extinction of the male royal line in the offing, Christian VIII declared in 1846 that the 1665 law applied to Schleswig and (with some reservation) to Holstein. Protests in the duchies had not been resolved, when in the wake of the February revolution the liberals in Copenhagen took over and moved toward the annexation of Schleswig. In defiance, the estates of Schleswig and Holstein set up a provisional government on March 24. Being composed of liberals and conservatives it obtained popular and official support in Germany, and with Prussian military support gained control of most of the duchies by midsummer. But then Britain and Prussia intervened, pressuring Prussia to make a truce with Denmark (at Malmö, August 26, 1848), a truce which caused a parliamentary crisis in Frankfurt. In a short time Schleswig-Holstein had become the national issue, and by acceding to the Malmö truce the Frankfurt Assembly severely damaged its political credit.Fighting resumed in 1849 and was ended by a July truce. After losing German military support, the duchies were defeated in the 1850 campaign. The government abdicated on February 1, 1851, and the Danish authorities took over a year later. In the final settlement the powers restored the Danish monarchy with the succession in the duchies to follow that of the kingdom (Second London Protocol of May 8, 1852). In separate notes the Danish government agreed to preserve the status of Schleswig and to abstain from steps leading to its incorporation. While the agreements restored the balance of power, the relations between Danes and Germans suffered, eroding popular sentiment for the Danish monarchy. Also Schleswig became a matter of outside concern, permitting Prussian intervention in the case of Danish non-compliance."" (Ohio Univerty" Lawrence D. Steefel, Sleswig-Holstein Question).‎

‎Newe Landesbeschreibung Der zweÿ Herzogthümer Schleswig und Holstein, zusambt vielen dabeÿ gehörigen Newen Landcarten, Die auff Ihr Königl. Maÿtt zu Dennemarck Norwegen etc....Gnädigsten Befehle...bestaltem Iohanne Mejero...Chorograpice elaborirt,... - [FIRST FULL MAPPING OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN AND THE FIRST ATLAS PRINTED IN DENMARK]‎

‎Husum, Matthias et Nicolaus Petersen, 1652. Folio. (48x34 cm.). Bound in a fine contemp. full calf with raised bands. Covers with rectangular triple gilt borders and a large gilt centerpiece. The binding expertly restored with rebacking, edges and corners neatly repaired. Scratches on covers repaired. Edges gilt. Endpapers renewed. Engraved ornamental title-page. (8),301,(3) pp. and 40 double-page maps and plans (43x52 cm, some larger) with original HAND-COLOURING IN OUTLINE. Title with a small stamp in upper margin. Lower margin of title-page a bit frayed. Small wormholes at end, mainly marginal, but a few in image of last 2 maps. With the usual browning to text and maps.‎

‎First edition of the first full mapping of Schleswig-Holstein and the FIRST ATLAS PRINTED IN DENMARK. The work is highly esteemed, as the mapping and surveying by the Danish cartographer Johannes Mejer showed a precision which was without competition at its time. Mejer was educated in the tradition of Tycho Brahe and Longomontanus, and in the years 1638-48 he mapped Schleswig-Holstein and published these 37 maps in Danckwerth's description of Schleswig-Holstein. These maps were the best for nearly 150 years, and were used by Blaeu and other carthographers. The Danish King, Chr. IV, urged him to proceed with his mapping of Denmark, which he did for some years, making maps of Jutland and a general map of Denmark, in order to make a Nordic atlas, but only these 37 maps were published. Because the quality of the maps was of such a high quality compared with the surveying of the day, the Younger Blaeu used these maps, made re-engravings of them and printed the whole series in his ""Atlas Maior"" 1662.Coloured copies are very scarce, the offered item is only coloured in outline. The copies (3) in the Royal Danish Library are un-coloured. - Not in Phillips - Shirley T.Danc-1a. - Bibl. Danica III:653‎

‎Staatsbürgerliches Magazin, mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die Herzogthümer Schleswig, Holstein und Lauenburg. 1.-10. Bd. + Neues Staatsbürgerliches Magazin...1.-10. Bd. (20 Bde.).‎

‎Schleswig, 1821-41. Bound in 20 fine cont. hcalf. Richly gilt backs. Paperlabels pasted on lower part of backs.(titlepage to vol. 1 of Neues...missing). Large fold. map. and Tab. In all ab 18.000 pp.‎

‎Neues Staatsbürgerliches Magazin mit besonderer Rüchsicht auf Herzogthümer Schleswig, Holstein und Lauenburg. 1.-10 Bd.‎

‎Schleswig, 1833-41. 10 cont.hcloth. Backs faded and slightly worn. Ab. 9.000 pp.‎

‎Das Erbfolgerecht Herzog Friedrich's VIII auf die Herzogthümer Schleswig-Holstein. (3 Theile: 1. Nachweisung, überreicht der Deutschen Bundesversammlung am 1. September 1864 - 2. Urkundenbuch zur Nachweisung. - 3. Ausführungen zur Nachweisung).‎

‎Kiel, Schwers'sche Buchh., 1865. 4to. private full cloth, gilt titlelabels on back. Orig. printed wrappers withbound. 39,189,III,42,44,17 pp.‎