DENMARK: A good, small selection of four 8vo pages removed from an album featuring nineteen signatures by various members of the Danish royal family, and a few other European royal and noble houses, including Christian IX (1818-1906) King of Denmark 1863-1906, Frederick VIII (1843-1912) King of Denmark 1906-12, Louise of Sweden (1851-1926) Queen of Denmark 1906-12, spouse of Frederick VIII, Christian X (1870-1947) King of Denmark 1912-47 and the only King of Iceland 1918-44, Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1879-1952) Queen of Denmark 1912-47 and Queen of Iceland 1918-44, spouse of Christian X, Prince Gustav (1887-1944) Danish Prince, son of Frederick VIII, Princess Dagmar (1890-1961) Danish Princess, daughter of Frederick VIII, Princess Ingeborg (1878-1958) Danish Princess, daughter of Frederick VIII, and a Swedish Princess as wife of Prince Carl, Duke of Vastergotland, Prince Valdemar (1858-1939) Danish Prince, son of Christian IX, Princess Marie of Orleans (1865-909) French Princess, spouse of Prince Valdemar, Prince Axel (1888-1964) Danish Prince, son of Prince Valdemar, Peter of Greece and Denmark (1908-1990) Greek Prince, soldier and anthropologist, Roland Bonaparte (1858-1924) French Prince, grandson of Lucien Bonaparte, Emperor Napoleon I's brother, Princess Nina Georgievna (1901-1974) Russian Princess, great-granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, and her younger sister Princess Xenia Georgievna (1903-1965) Russian Princess, known for recognising Anna Anderson as Grand Duchess Anastasia (the two young sister's signatures appearing below an annotation in the hand of one of their parents, most likely Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark, indicating that the page was signed at the villa Harax, in the Crimea, in 1911) etc. A few minor tape stains to the left edges of two pages, generally VG, 4

Provenance: The present pages were removed from the personal album of Baron Robert Stuker (1863-1940) Swiss historian, interpreter, diplomat and educator, a language specialist who was appointed tutor at the Greek Royal Court under King George I. Stuker was later appointed as Royal Chamberlain, Court Librarian and Personal Secretary to the King. Stuker accompanied members of the Greek Royal family on trips, took on sensitive diplomatic missions and became the King's advisor. Following his service with the Greek Royal family, Pope Pius XI appointed the Reformed Protestant Stuker as master of ceremonies and interpreter at the Vatican in 1924, posts he was to hold until 1935. In later years the album was added to whilst in the custody of Jurg Stuker (1914-1988) Swiss antiquarian bookseller and founder of the Stuker auction house in Bern, stepson of Robert Stuker.