CONTENTS The Origins and the Early Activities of the Frankfort Family Rothschild Page CHAPTER II The Rothschild Family During the The Brothers Rothschild During the Period of Congresses, 1818-1822 ILLUSTRATIONS Ancestral Home of the Rothschild Family Frontispiece Frankfort at the End of the Eighteenth Century Facing p. Title-page of a Rothschild Coin Catalogue, 1770- A Page of the Rothschild Catalogue of Rare William, Elector of Hesse Carl Frederick Buderus von Carlshausen Burning of British Goods, November, 1810, at One of the Much Coveted Drafts of Meyer Amschel Rothschild James Baron von Rothschild Nathan Rothschild Original Sketch for Coat of Arms Submitted by the Rothschild Family in 1817 Coat of Arms Adopted by the Rothschild Fam Meyer Carl Baron von Rothschild Amschel Meyer von Rothschild Baronial Coat of Arms Finally Granted to the Rothschild Family in 1822 Prince Clemens von Metternich 8 16 24 38 34 60 76 96 112 130 The Pedler on Horseback 66 19 320 |