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Some pictures from Illustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung häuslicher Kreise, which is, Illustrated family book for entertainment and instruction in domestic circles, by Lloyd Oesterreichischen. There is no imprint page and no date on the title page, but this is volume Five; it seems there were 15 volumes in all, from 1851 to 1865. The magazine would have been issued monthly, so this volume represents a year, probably from Summer 1857.
Pages are approximately 32cm, or a little over a foot, in height.
Title: Illustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung häuslicher Kreise, V Band
Published by: Lloyd, Oesterreichischen
City: Triest
Date: 1858
Total items: 13
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
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. [$]
The title page has at least five different lettering styles, and also includes a vignette, a small illustration, a Paddle steamer on stormy seas. [more...] [$]
This vignette, with irregular sides, is engraved on the title 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 the foreground. The paddle steamer is listing heavily, so the boat in the foreground could be a lifeboat. In the background [...] [more...] [$]
Cividale: Il Ponte Del Diavolo
The Devil’s Bridge in Cividale del Friuli
This bridge over the River Natisone was built in the 1440s, supposedly by the devil, who wanted the soul of [more...] [$]
Rustic postcard border of interleaved twigs and vines
This is just the borders (internal and external) from a montage of engravings of Old Bologna. it would make a great template for a postcard with a vintage vibe, or you could use it to frame family photographs maybe. [more...] [$]
Isaak Newton [Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton]
A portrait of Isaac Newton based on a painting by Enoch Seeman (credited here in its German form, E. Seemann). It was engraved by someone named only as Baumann, [...] [more...] [$]
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