STEJSKAL -- OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT on the occasion of the retirement of Franz Ritter von Stejskal. (Vienna, 1 January 1898). W. 3 calligraphed lvs. in German script with red and gold initials, two of which with elaborate floral borders heightened with gold (one with allegorical woman with naked little child with a view on Vienna at the background and the headquarters of the Sicherheitswache in Vienna in a medallion), both signed by 'K.k. S... Inspector Jos. Kumpost'. Lge-fol. (45 x 33 cm). Cont. pigskin over wooden boards, spectacular front cover divided in 10 partly raised compartments, partly w. cloisonné and cold. enameled decorations/coats of arms, with double raised brass bands and a circular raised armorial centre piece in the central panel with the coat-of-arms of Franz Ritter von Stejskal, paste downs and 'ivory' endpapers covered w. red watered silk. The binding is signed by August Klein, Wien. In modern cloth covered box.
Spectacular decorated presentation binding from the time of the Habsburg dual monarchy which contains the three leaves of the official acknowledgement by the officials and employees of the Viennese 'Sicherheitswache', and its 'Ausschuss des Unterstützungs-Institutes' and 'Pensionszuschussfondes' on the occasion of the retirement of the Prefect Franz Ritter von Stejskal (1829-1898), president of the 'Sicherheitswache' in Vienna. The three leaves contain: 1) the opening words 'Seiner Hochwohlgeborenem Herrn k.k. Polizei-Präsidenten Franz Ritter von Stejskal', together with all his awards, titles and ranks, a.o. knight in the Austrian Leopold order, the order of the Eiserne Krone (the Iron Crown), etc., within elaborate border drawn in watercolour and heightened with gold, signed by Jos Kumpost; 2) Calligraphed acknowledgement, with borders drawn in watercolour and heightened with gold by Jos. Kumpost, with an allegorical woman with a naked little child standing on a balcony with a view on Vienna in the background and a view of the headquarters of the Sicherheitswache in Vienna in a roundel; 3) Calligraphed leaf with the signatures of the members of the 'Ausschuss des Unterstützungs-Institutes der k.k. Sicherheitswache in Wien', within a triple border heightened with gold.€ 700
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