Huge panorama of Lübeck, after Elias Diebel, ''Lubeca... Lot 7052

Huge panorama of Lübeck, after Elias Diebel, ''Lubeca urbs imperialis libera civitatum wandalicarum et totius ansae Saxonicae caput'', lithograph of 1855 after the original woodcut of 1552. Composed of 7 sheets. The so-called ''Geffcken's view'' of the woodcut printed in 1552 by Elias Diebel on 24 sticks, which the Reverend Geffcken had published in 1855 after the copy in his possession. Lithograph made in the studio of Chr. Fuchs, mounted on canvas, creased, some small tears, esp. at the lower margin, stained and heavily browned, marginal tears, ca. 73,5 x 341 cm