book; print; frontispiece; title-page

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Object Type: book; print; frontispiece; title-page
Museum number: 1972,U.140.1
Description: Carl Philipp Moritz, "Reisen eines Deutschen in England im Jahr 1782. In Briefen an Herrn Oberkonsistorialrath Gedike" (Berlin, Friedrich Maurer) 1782; containing a frontispiece etching by D. Berger after Daniel Chodowiecki showing men drinking and smoking around a table by candlelight, and a titlepage vignette by J. W. Meil showing cliffs and the entrance to a large cave. Bound in gold-tooled marbled boards with letterpress. Etchings
Producer name: Published by: Friedrich Maurer; After: Daniel Chodowiecki (frontispiece); Print made by: Daniel Berger (frontispiece); Print made by: Johann Wilhelm Meil (titlepage vignette)
School/style
Production date: 1785
Production place: Published in: Berlin (city)
Materials
Technique: etching; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 126 millimetres; Height: 161 millimetres; Height: 55 millimetres; Width: 91 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page); Width: 80 millimetres (frontispiece platemark); Width: 65 millimetres (titlepage vignette platemark)
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: traveller/travel; tavern/inn; cave
Associated names
Associated places: Associated with: England
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1846 (1846,0630.181)
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1972,U.140.1

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