Meyer's Universum oder Abbildung... B.10 1843 set of 48 intaglios

Title: Meyer's Universum oder Abbildung und Beschreibung des Sehenswerthesten und Merkwürdigsten der Natur und Kunst auf der ganzen Erde. Bd. 10 / set of 48 intaglios

Author: (Meyer Joseph (text))

Item description:

Notes: Joseph Meyer's authorship established based on the frontispiece card.

The album contains 48 intaglios with views of the following towns:

Lüttich und Seraing, Der Lowerzsee in der Schweiz, Traunthal und der Traunfall; Das Pariser Rathaus, Sheffield, Stuttgart, Schnepfenthal am Thüringer Walde; Die Kettenbrücke über die Dordogne, Fernsicht von Wien, Die Stephanskirche in Wien, Die Löwenburg bei Cassel, Der Dom in Braunschweig, Die Residenz von Orsova, Die Roeskilder Cathedrale, Lago d'Averno bei Neapel, Schloß Laxenburg bei Wien, Schloß Friedrichsburg bei Kopenhagen, Die Basteifelsen bei Dresden, Hallstadt, Der Sperberstein, Prag, Die Ruinen von Baalbeck, Panorama der sächsischen Schweiz, Montpellier, Rotterdam, Schloß Biberich, Notre-Dame, Schandau, Der St. Michaelsberg in Cornwallis. Michaelsberg in Cornwallis, Das Chamouni-Thal, Der Aetna, Die Burgen der vier Haymonskinder, Turin, Die Kirche Saint Sulpice in Paris, Hildesheim, Treryn-Castle in Cornwall, Der Revolutionsplatz in Paris, Guttenstein, Der Pariser Kirchhof Pere la Chaise, Der Bosporus, Stonehenge, Lesseilon, Die Meerenge von Gibraltar, Liverpool, Das Hospital La Salpetriere in Paris, Die große Moschee in Brussa, Die Pässe des Balkans.

In addition, frontispiece (frontispiece) view: Villa Nova und Oporto in Portugal

Condition:

Binding slightly damaged, block quite badly stained (foxing), no inscriptions or stamps, 4 cards loose. Item in quite nice condition

Grading of state of preservation:

• perfect condition: (6) no defects, no signs of use, like new
• very nice: almost perfect condition (+5), very slight defects, almost like new (unused)
• nice: very good condition (5), very slight, basically insignificant defects
• quite nice: condition - very good (-5), insignificant, insignificant defects
• more than good: condition between very good and good (4/5), fairly insignificant, not very significant defects
• at least good: condition at least good (+4), not very significant defects
• good: condition of good (4), fairly significant defects
• less than good: condition -good (-4), significant defects
• more than sufficient: condition between good and sufficient (3/4), very significant defects
• at least sufficient: condition at least sufficient (+3), quite poor condition, extremely significant defects, almost destructive
• Sufficient: sufficient condition (3), poor condition, major defects in the card, basically destruct

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