Sch illing für st , ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁H ohen lo he . ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 0 , ▁he ▁was ▁granted ▁the ▁title ▁Herzog ▁von ▁Rat ib or ▁und ▁Für st ▁von ▁Cor vey ▁( D u ke ▁of ▁Rat ib or ▁and ▁Prince ▁of ▁Cor vey ) ▁by ▁King ▁Frederick ▁William ▁IV ▁of ▁Pr uss ia . ▁Since ▁then , ▁Schloss ▁Cor vey ▁has ▁remained ▁property ▁of ▁the ▁family . ▁ ▁Library ▁The ▁famous ▁ab bey ▁library ▁has ▁long ▁since ▁been ▁dispers ed , ▁but ▁the ▁" pr inc ely ▁library " ▁( F ür st liche ▁Bibli othek ), ▁an ▁arist ocr atic ▁family ▁library , ▁containing ▁about ▁ 7 4 , 0 0 0 ▁volumes , ▁mainly ▁in ▁German , ▁French , ▁and ▁English , ▁with ▁a ▁tail ing ▁off ▁circa ▁ 1 8 3 4 , ▁surv ives ▁in ▁the ▁Schloss . ▁One ▁striking ▁feature ▁of ▁the ▁collection ▁is ▁the ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁English ▁Rom antic ▁nov els , ▁some ▁in ▁unique ▁copies , ▁for ▁in ▁Britain ▁fiction ▁was ▁more ▁often ▁borrow ed ▁than ▁bought , ▁and ▁was ▁read ▁extens ively ▁in ▁the ▁l ending ▁libraries . ▁The ▁poet ▁and ▁author ▁of ▁ ▁the ▁Deutschland lied , ▁August ▁Heinrich ▁Hoff mann ▁von ▁Fall ers leben , ▁worked ▁here ▁as ▁li br arian ▁from ▁ 1 8 6 0 ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 4 . ▁He ▁is ▁buried ▁in ▁the ▁church ▁gra vey ard . ▁ ▁World ▁Heritage ▁Site ▁The ▁ab