(Europe) - WOLFF, Oscar Ludwig Bernard.- Die Donau. Illustrirt von W. Henry Bartlett. Leipzig, J.J. Weber, 1843. In-4°; front., engr. title and 77 pl. protected by tissue guards (foxing throughout, sometimes concentrated). Bound by Schaefer : purple shagreen, boards decorated with gilt and blind borders (one ornemental), flat spine with a full-length gilt decoration, gilt fillet on the edges, gilt roll-stamp on the turn-ins, gilt edges (half of the spine faded, small wears). FIRST EDITION of this work on the cities crossed by the Danube illustrated with vignettes in the text, an engraved title and 78 steel-engravings after William Henry Bartlett figuring Münster, St Stephen's cathedrale in Vienna, the Tabula Traiana, Budapest, Straubing, inhabitants in traditional costume, etc. Drouotlive.com Read more
(Europe) - WOLFF, Oscar Ludwig Bernard.- Die Donau. Illustrirt von W. Henry Bartlett. Leipzig, J.J. Weber, 1843. In-4°; front., engr. title and 77 pl. protected by tissue guards (foxing throughout, sometimes concentrated). Bound by Schaefer : purple shagreen, boards decorated with gilt and blind borders (one ornemental), flat spine with a full-length gilt decoration, gilt fillet on the edges, gilt roll-stamp on the turn-ins, gilt edges (half of the spine faded, small wears). FIRST EDITION of this work on the cities crossed by the Danube illustrated with vignettes in the text, an engraved title and 78 steel-engravings after William Henry Bartlett figuring Münster, St Stephen's cathedrale in Vienna, the Tabula Traiana, Budapest, Straubing, inhabitants in traditional costume, etc. Drouotlive.com Read more
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