Meyer’s Universum oder Abbildung und Beschreibung des Sehenswerthesten und Merkwürdigsten der Natur und Kunst auf der ganzen Erde. Band 1-2, 3-4

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Meyer’s Universum oder Abbildung und Beschreibung des Sehenswerthesten und Merkwürdigsten der Natur und Kunst auf der ganzen Erde. Band 1-2, 3-4

Two books from Meyers's Universe, each consisting of two volumes. First book: Volumes I and II. Volume I, dated 1833, contains 46 steel engravings (e.g., Venice: St. Mark's Square and Grand Canal, Florence, Athens, Washington, Amsterdam, Constantinople, Corfu, Philadelphia, Malta, etc.; view on page 110 is missing) with descriptions on 108 pages, plus an index. Volume II, dated 1835, features 47 views (e.g., Lisbon, Gotha, New York, Naples and Vesuvius, London, etc.) on 112 pages, plus an index. Published in Hildburghausen and New York. Slight foxing on pages. Second book: Volumes III and IV. Volume III, dated 1836, includes 48 views (e.g., Madrid, Pisa, Verona, Bonn, Delphi, etc.) with descriptions on 148 pages, plus an index. Volume IV, dated 1837, contains descriptions on 142 pages and 44 steel engravings (e.g., the Pyramids at Giza, King's Palace in Munich, the Jordan River, Leipzig, Imperial Summer Palace in Nanking, Jericho, Benares in Bengal, Dublin, Dresden, etc.). Published in Hildburghausen, Amsterdam, and New York. Slight foxing on pages; the spine is loose.

c. 1837

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Kunstanstalt Hildburghausen