Eight leather bound historical novels by Luise Mühlbach, late 19th century, having leather spines and marbled end boards, including; The Youth of the Great Elector; The Age of the Great Elector, Empress Josephine, Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia, Joseph II and His Court, Henri VIII and Catherine Parr, Old Fritz and the New Era, and Goethe and Schiller, 9"h; Luise Mühlbach was the pen name of Clara Mundt (German 1814-1873), together with a brass sliding book rack in the classical taste, 7.75"h x 4.5"d.