Meyer's Universum oder Abbildung.... B.4 1837 46 intaglio, 1 plate missing

Title: Meyer's Universum oder Abbildung und Beschreibung des Sehenswerthesten und Merkwürdigsten der Natur und Kunst auf der ganzen Erde. Bd. 4 / contains 46 intaglios missing 1 plate

Author: (Meyer Joseph (text))

Item description:

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

The album contains 46 of 47 intaglios (no Dublin skyline plate) with views of the following towns: Pyramiden von Gizeh, Königsbau in München, Leipzig, Noveredo, Mitylene, Absalom's Denkmal (Mausoleum) in der Nekropole von Jerusalem, Havre, Jericho, Thun am Thuner See, Rathaus in Boston, Johannisberg im Rheingau, Venedig: Piazetta und der Dogenpalast, Virginia University in den Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika, Trient, Benares, Dublin, Zinngruben in Cornwall, Odesa, Dresden, Stehan Girard's Bank in Philadelphia, der goldene Turm von Sevilla,Königstein und Lilienstein bei Dresden in der sächsischen Schweiz, Chateau Chillon, Constantinopel (Istanbul), Cathedrale von Cordova (Cordoba), Nürnberg, Cordoba, Bieler Grund, Kasan-Kirche in St. Petersburg, Ruine Lahneck, Coburg, Burg Landeck, Brüssel, Eppstein, Burg Stolzenfels, Hirnischkretschen in der Sächsischen Schwiz, Inneres der Kirche Nikolskoy in St. Petersburg, der Horeb, die Kathedrale von Antwerpen, Bergfeste Stolpen in Sachsen, Ruine zu Samaria, Festung Peterwardein.

In addition, a frontispiece (frontispiece) view: Die Peter's Kirche in Rom (erroneously attached card from volume III of 1836!!! publishing error?/ bookbinder's error?).

Condition:

Binding slightly damaged, block quite badly stained (foxing), no entries or stamps. 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), quite 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

The evaluation of the state of preservation and some other elements of the description have some subjectivity, but we make them with our best knowledge and the greatest possible reliability, if in doubt, please refer to the scan of the object or contact us.