Karl Werner (1808-1894) Lot n° 22

NILBILDER 1881 Book format 2°, 37,3x29 cm. Hardcover, cloth binding with embossed color and richly gilded oriental decor, marked "G. Fritzsche Buchbinderei Leipzig" (Gustav Fritzsche, Leipzig, Königlich Sächsische Hofbuchbinderei), gold edge. 81 numbered pages, in German. Title page printed in black and red, stamped "Städtisches Museum in Mähr. Trübau" and "L. V. Holzmaistersche Museumsstiftung Mähr. Trübau". Vier und zwanzig Facsimiles nach Aquarellen. Naturaufnahmen während zweier Orientreisen 1862 und 1865. Frontispiece: lithographic map of Egypt, illustrations in text and 24 chromolithographic picture attachments with protective covers (5 missing). Texts by A. E. Brehm and J. Dümichen. Issued by: Artistische Anstalt Gustav W. Seitz in Hamburg-Wandsbeck in 1881. Slightly scratched cover, partially loose binding, slightly torn sheets, dirty, few first sheets torn, one torn-off corner.