Meyer's Universum oder Abbildung... B.3 1836 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. 3 / set of 48 intaglios

Author: [Meyer Joseph (text)].

Item description:

Notes: The album contains 48 intaglios with views of the following localities:

Niagarafällen (Niagara), Berg Carmel (Mount Carmel Israel/Palestine), Syracuse (Syracuse Italy), Gibraltar, Tabor (Mount Tabor Israel/Palestine), Innsbruck, Negroponte (Island of Euboea Greece), Grabmal Cäcilia Metella (Rom,) Howard-Castle, Theben, Heilige Grab (Jerusalem), Sardis, Blenheim-Castle, Park in Brüssel, Damaskus, Suli, Petra, Madrid, Smyrna, Pisa, Ruinen von Tyrus, Campo Santo in Pisa, Liebenstein und Sternfels (Rhein), Rouen, Zion, Pinakothek und Glyptothek (München), Delphi, Dowlutabad (Ostindien), Forum (Rom), Antonius-Kloster (Lebanon), Bergveste Trostberg, Drachenfels (Rhein), Heilige-Grab-Kirche (Jerusalem), Verona, Bonn, Cordova/Cordoba, Königsgräber bei Jerusalem, Wartburg, Velino-Fall bei Terni, Kremlin (Moskau), Alexandersäule (St. Petersburg), Nazareth, Arimathia, Bank von England (London), Bethlehem (Berg Moriah), Bamberg, Corinth, Würzburg.

Condition:

Binding slightly damaged, block quite badly stained (foxing), no entries or stamps, no frontispiece stating the authorship of the text not attached at the time of binding. 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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