Illustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung häuslicher Kreise, V Band (page 2/2)

Front Cover, Family Book

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.

Title Page, Family Book Vol 5

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...]

Paddle steamer on stormy seas

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...] [$]

The Old Bachelor

Der alte Junggeselle — Il vecchio celibe [more...]

Votivkirche, Vienna

A neo-Gothic cathedral built starting in 1856 in Vienna, in Austria. [more...]

The Seranade

A flautist on the rooftops in the moonlight! He is standing on top of a wall to play outside someone’s bedroom window, watched i think by a cat. Despite the text reproduced below, i am not certain he is meant to be a young man, but perhaps his foprmal cap and long-tailed [...] [more...]

The Importunate Visitor

Der Zudringliche – L’mportuno [more...]

Rudolph von Habsburg.

This engraving by Schultheiss is based on an oil painting by Moitz von Schwind, and depicts a scene about Rudolf von Habsburg (1218 – 1291), King of Germany. The story is that Rudolf, when he was still Count of Swabia, met a priest who was carrying the Sacrement for a Mass. Rudolf got off his horse to let the priest ride, out of respect for the Host. In this picture the scene happens in a forest at night; the count’s servant leads the way [more...] [$]

Lake Como: The Waterfall of the Fiumelatte

The River Fiumelatte in Varenna in Italy, a town built on a steep slope and with a rapid river running through it. There are brdges, one of stone and one looking rather rickety of wood; there are houses and probably [...] [more...]