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Front Cover, Family Book Illustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung häuslicher Kreise, V Band (1858)

The copy of this book that i have is bound is bound in black, with gold lettering on the spine. The size i have given is approximate.

Keywords: front covers, book covers, greyscale

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Title Page, Family Book Vol 5 Illustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung häuslicher Kreise, V Band (1858)

The title page has at least five different lettering styles, and also includes a vignette, a small illustration, aPaddle steamer on stormy seas.Illustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung h [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, lettering, vinettes, greyscale

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Paddle steamer on stormy seas Illustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung häuslicher Kreise, V Band (1858)

This vignette, with irregular sides, is engraved on thetitle page. It shows a steam-powered paddle-boat that’s also fitted with masts for sails, funnel belching smoke, with a amaller sailing boat in t [...]

Keywords: ships, boats, storms, waves, water, lighthouses, greyscale

Places shown: none

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Cividale: Il Ponte Del Diavolo Illustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung häuslicher Kreise, V Band (1858)

The Devil’s Bridge in Cividale del FriuliThis bridge over the River Natisone was built in the 1440s, supposedly by the devil, who wanted the soul of the first to cross in exchange for its construction [...]

Keywords: bridges, arches, water, medieval architecture, perspective, foreshortening, boulders, rocks, rivers, water, greyscale

Places shown: Cividale del Friuli; Udine; Italy

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The Old Bachelor Illustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung häuslicher Kreise, V Band (1858)

Der alte Junggeselle—Il vecchio celibea man is down on one knee cleaning a pot. The room around him appears untidy and includes a coffee-grinder that has not been put away, along with clothing, and a [...]

Keywords: people, interiors, cleaning, men, kneeling, working, greyscale

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Added: 2021-04-11

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The Importunate Visitor Illustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung häuslicher Kreise, V Band (1858)

Der Zudringliche –L’mportunoThis picture is a caricature of a Jewish pedlar being irritatingly pushy. A young woman is sitting inside a window with a striped awning, seen from the street; she is holdi [...]

Keywords: people, reading, windows, beggars, pedlars, street scenes, doorbells, awnings, windows, greyscale

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Rudolph von Habsburg. Illustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung häuslicher Kreise, V Band (1858)

This engraving by Schultheiss is based on an oil painting by Moitz von Schwind, and depicts a scene about Rudolf von Habsburg (1218 – 1291), King of Germany. The story is that Rudolf, when he was stil [...]

Keywords: kings, royalty, servants, bare feet, forests, woods, trees, nighttime, priests, sacrament, the host, christianity, piety, bowing, kneeling, tobes, costumes, horses, people, knights, soldiers, greyscale

Places shown: Germany

Added: 2021-04-01

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Lake Como: The Waterfall of the Fiumelatte Illustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung häuslicher Kreise, V Band (1858)

The River Fiumelatte in Varenna in Italy, a town built on a steep slope and with a rapid river running through it. There are brdges, one of stone and one looking rather rickety of wood; there are hous [...]

Keywords: waterfalls, rivers, cities, towns, cityscapes, views, buildings, bridges, greyscale

Places shown: Varenna; Lecco; Lombardy; Italy

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