François Charles Hugues Laurent Pouqueville / César Famin - Griechenland + Die Krim – Welt-Gemälde-Gallerie - 1836
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Griechenland + Die Krim – World Picture Gallery, a bound edition by François Charles Hugues Laurent Pouqueville and César Famin, translated into German, published in 1836 by E. Schweizerbart’s Verlagshandlung, containing 510 pages (about 546 with the additional Krim part) and around 120 steel-engraved plates plus 2 maps.
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GREECE + THE CRIMEA – extraordinary collected work with about 120 steel-engraved plates and 2 maps
World-Painting Gallery or History and Description of all Countries and Peoples, their Religions, Customs, Manners, Traditions, etc.
Stuttgart, E. Schweizerbart’s Verlagshandlung, 1836
Translated from French into German by Dr. C. A. Mebold.
I. Greece
François Charles Hugues Laurent Pouqueville – Greece
The extensive main part treats Greece with its history, landscape, population, architecture, antiquities, costumes, and culture.
510 pages, richly illustrated with 112 steel-engraved plates and 2 maps.
The numerous steel engravings show, among other things, landscapes, towns and villages, ancient monuments, architecture, costumes, and scenes of social life.
II. Special binding: César Famin – “The Crimea”
A special bibliographic feature of this copy is the additionally bound, independently titled contribution:
César Famin – The Crimea
German by Dr. C. A. Mebold
The Crimea section comprises 36 pages and 8 separate plates.
This contribution does not belong to the regular collation of the Greece part and is not included in its illustration list. It has been bound to the Greece volume in addition.
Thus the present historical collection combines two geographically distinct works of the “World-Painting Gallery”:
Greece – 510 pages, 112 plates, 2 maps
The Crimea – 36 pages, 8 plates
Total about 546 pages, about 120 steel-engraved plates, and 2 maps.
The combination of Greece and the complete small Crimea part makes this copy particularly interesting compared with a standard single-volume Greece edition.
Binding and condition
Contemporary binding with signs of age and use. The binding shows wear, bumps, and other for a book nearly 190 years old typical signs of use.
The paper is partly browned and foxed due to age. The numerous steel-engraved plates and maps are overall well preserved.
Plate and map references have been checked to the best of our knowledge against the book and available catalogs. Due to the large scope, minor discrepancies in manual counts cannot be completely ruled out.
Please inspect all photographs carefully. The photographs are expressly part of the description and document the condition and scope of delivery of the offered copy.
Provenance
The book comes from my private antiquarian collection and was originally acquired through the German book auction trade.
The description has been prepared to the best of my knowledge and based on the present copy and bibliographic comparison data. For this historical book, age-related signs of wear are part of the state of preservation.
Where legally permissible, the private sale is made without liability for material defects. This exclusion does not apply to claims arising from intentional or grossly negligent breach of duty or in cases of injury to life, body, or health.
No guarantees or assurances of specific properties beyond what is expressly stated in the description are assumed.
The photographs are part of the item and condition description.
GREECE + THE CRIMEA – extraordinary collected work with about 120 steel-engraved plates and 2 maps
World-Painting Gallery or History and Description of all Countries and Peoples, their Religions, Customs, Manners, Traditions, etc.
Stuttgart, E. Schweizerbart’s Verlagshandlung, 1836
Translated from French into German by Dr. C. A. Mebold.
I. Greece
François Charles Hugues Laurent Pouqueville – Greece
The extensive main part treats Greece with its history, landscape, population, architecture, antiquities, costumes, and culture.
510 pages, richly illustrated with 112 steel-engraved plates and 2 maps.
The numerous steel engravings show, among other things, landscapes, towns and villages, ancient monuments, architecture, costumes, and scenes of social life.
II. Special binding: César Famin – “The Crimea”
A special bibliographic feature of this copy is the additionally bound, independently titled contribution:
César Famin – The Crimea
German by Dr. C. A. Mebold
The Crimea section comprises 36 pages and 8 separate plates.
This contribution does not belong to the regular collation of the Greece part and is not included in its illustration list. It has been bound to the Greece volume in addition.
Thus the present historical collection combines two geographically distinct works of the “World-Painting Gallery”:
Greece – 510 pages, 112 plates, 2 maps
The Crimea – 36 pages, 8 plates
Total about 546 pages, about 120 steel-engraved plates, and 2 maps.
The combination of Greece and the complete small Crimea part makes this copy particularly interesting compared with a standard single-volume Greece edition.
Binding and condition
Contemporary binding with signs of age and use. The binding shows wear, bumps, and other for a book nearly 190 years old typical signs of use.
The paper is partly browned and foxed due to age. The numerous steel-engraved plates and maps are overall well preserved.
Plate and map references have been checked to the best of our knowledge against the book and available catalogs. Due to the large scope, minor discrepancies in manual counts cannot be completely ruled out.
Please inspect all photographs carefully. The photographs are expressly part of the description and document the condition and scope of delivery of the offered copy.
Provenance
The book comes from my private antiquarian collection and was originally acquired through the German book auction trade.
The description has been prepared to the best of my knowledge and based on the present copy and bibliographic comparison data. For this historical book, age-related signs of wear are part of the state of preservation.
Where legally permissible, the private sale is made without liability for material defects. This exclusion does not apply to claims arising from intentional or grossly negligent breach of duty or in cases of injury to life, body, or health.
No guarantees or assurances of specific properties beyond what is expressly stated in the description are assumed.
The photographs are part of the item and condition description.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Illustrated
Book title
Griechenland + Die Krim – Welt-Gemälde-Gallerie
Author/ Illustrator
François Charles Hugues Laurent Pouqueville / César Famin
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1836
Height
22 cm
Edition
Illustrated Edition, Translated edition
Width
14 cm
Language
German
Original language
No
Publisher
E. Schweizerbart’s Verlagshandlung,
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Number of pages
510
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