illustrated book; print

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Object Type: illustrated book; print
Museum number: 1880,0911.1978-1992
Description: "Bilder und Vignetten von Ludwig Richter. Holzschnitte. Nach den Originalen auf Holz gezeichnet von Professor H. Bürkner" (Dresden, Meyer & Richter) n.d. [1874]; containing 15 pages of verse, prayer and folk-sayings illustrated with wood-engraved vignettes by K. E. Oertel and others after Richter. Bound with letterpress titlepage. Wood-engravings
Producer name: After: Ludwig Richter; Printed by: Breitkopf and Härtel; Intermediary draughtsman: Hugo Leopold Friedrich Heinrich Bürkner; Print made by: Kaspar Erhardt Oertel
School/style
Production date: 1874
Production place: Published in: Dresden (city); Printed in: Leipzig
Materials
Technique: wood-engraving; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 290 millimetres; Width: 210 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page)
Curator's comments: Also bound in this volume are Richter's "Für's Haus" (1880,0911,1919 to 1977) and "Goethe-Album" (1880,0911,1993 to 2032).
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: christianity; time/seasons; society/human life
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1880
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1880,0911.1978-1992

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