Meyer's Universum oder Abbildung.... B.8 1841 45 intaglio, 1 plate missing for the set

Title: Meyer's Universum oder Abbildung und Beschreibung des Sehenswerthesten und Merkwürdigsten der Natur und Kunst auf der ganzen Erde. Bd. 8 / contains 45 intaglios missing 1 plate

Author: (Meyer Joseph (text))

Item description:

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

The album contains 45 of the 46 intaglio plates (1 plate with a panorama of Regensburg is missing) with views of the following towns: Jona und Staffa - die Fingals-Höhle, Timbuktu, Trieste, Die Eisenbahn von London nach Greenwich, Coimbra in Portugal, Brünn, Hobarttown, Panama, Paulskirche in London, Antwerpen, Der Inselsberg, Der Pass von Pancorvo in Spanien, Das Hypathius-Kloster in Rußland, Der Gollinger Fall bei Tyrol, Hohenschwangau, Regensburg, Burg Woerth,Stockholm, Schloss Ambras bei Innsbruck, Die Alcala-Straße in Madrid, Astrachan, Tempel Mahabalipur in Indien, Passau, Schloss Weideneck, Die Burg Hoch-Winzer in Bayern, Troitzker Sergiuskloster, Tells-Kapelle bei Küsnacht, Ruine Hildgardsberg in Bayern, Taganrog in Rußland, Baktschi-Serail und der Palast des Chans, Gran in Ungarn, Schleissheim bei München, Triumphbogen des Augustus bei Aosta, Kertsch im südlichen Russland, München, Kupferminen zu Fahlun in Schweden, Heliopolis in Aegypten

Condition of preservation:

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 flaws in the card, basically destruct

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