Neue Bilder Gallerie Fur Junge Sohne Und Tochter
zur angenehmen und nützlichen Selbstbeschäftigung aus dem Reiche der Natur, Kunst, Sitten und des gemeinen Lebens. Band 11
- Berlin: Wilhelm Oehmigke der Jüngere, 1803
Hardcover. Brown cloth over leather spine decorated in gilt. Small octavo. [viii] 349pp (3). With a total of twenty exquisite hand colored copper engravings. Shelf wear to the covers. Interior clean and unmarked. Sound binding.
A total of fifteen volumes of this educational series were published between 1794 and 1812, Unlike other famous children's works of the period, it targeted somewhat older and more intellectually advanced readers. Of the numerous topics in this volume, included are peoples of Madagascar and Africa, Marquesas Islanders, Natural history (hare, monk seal, spiders, birds, fish, reptiles), electrical machines,a glass harmonica, Architecture and geography of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and a natural bridge in Virginia.
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Title
Neue Bilder Gallerie Fur Junge Sohne Und Tochter
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Publisher
Wilhelm Oehmigke der Jüngere: Berlin
Date
1803