MEYER'S UNIVERSE OR A DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST WORTHY OF SIGHT AND ATTENTION OF OBJECTS OF NATURE AND ART THROUGHOUT THE EARTH. WITH ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Vol. 1-2[ complete ] 93 engravings

MEYER'S UNIVERSE

THAT IS, A DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST WORTHY OF SIGHT AND ATTENTION OBJECTS OF NATURE AND ART THROUGHOUT THE EARTH

WITH ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL

T. 1-2 [complete ].

Warsaw 1834-35, Hildburghausen I New-York at the Bibliographical Institute/August Emmanuel Glucksberg, pp. 104,136, ; format 26.5 x 18cm;

In vol. 1 lacks 11 plates (nos. 1-10 "St. Mark's Square in Venice", "The Grand Canal (Canal Grande) in Venice", "Bathing in the Ems", "View of Rome", "The Bridge, the Castle of St. Angelo, the Vatican and the Church of St. Peter in Rome", "The Bridge, the Castle of St. Angelo, the Vatican and the Church of St. Peter in Rome". Peter in Rome", "Marienbad", "Andernach", "Stores, on Lake Windermere", "Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire County", "Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein" at the beginning and No. 33 - "Customs House and Church of the Greeting of N. Mary in Venice" inside); attached to vol. 1 are 4 foreign intaglio with views of Venice. Missing 1 plate in vol. 2 - ?. The publishing set consisted of 94 intaglios (46 + 48) - there are 82 puls 4 foreign ones in the piece presented.

Translated from German into a dozen languages, the work "Meyers Universum" decorated with more than 90 intaglios containing likenesses of the most beautiful places in the world. Among them were Venice, Rome, Koblenz, Oxford, Washington, Florence, Naples, Delhi, Agra, Athens,Constantinople , Edinburg, Corfu, Sintra, Cadiz, Malta and many others.

Joseph Meyer (1796-1856), famous German publisher and lexicographer, founder of the Bibliographical Institute in Gotha.

HARDCOVER HALF LEATHER BINDING OF THE PERIOD, FLAT SPINE WITH STRIKING GILT LETTERING.

Condition DB paper browning in places, block of volume 1 loosened at the beginning, a few pages loose, inner margins of the first 18 pages with evident soiling from adhesive tape, most of the interleaving blotters preserved, partially removed stamps on title pages.