Die Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg und Ihre Umgebung nach photographischen Aufnahmen von Hof-Photograph Wilhelm Dreesen in Flensburg
Hamburg: Otto Meisner, ca. 1894. Zweite Auflage (Second edition). Hardcover. Elephant folio. 126 reproductions of photographs in collotype on 37 leaves resting in decorated brown cloth portfolio with illustrated paste-down and decorative folding flaps. Visually stunning images of Hamburg and its environs showing the Fürst Bismarck Schloss, Schloss Reinbeck, Wandsbeck, Rothenbecker, Quellenthal, Schloss Bergedorf, Blankensee, Elbe, Hansahafen, Schnelldampfer "Columbia", Schloss Ritzebüttel, St. Pauli Hafen, Norder-Elbe Brücke, Holländischer Brock, Herrengrabenfleth, Brooksbrücke, Hopfensack & Messberg, Alster, Krugkoppel, Bellevue, Fährhaus Uhlenhorst, Eulenburg, Botanischer Garten, Naturhistorisches Museum, Steindorn und Hotel Schadendorf, Stadttheater, Concerthaus Hamburg, Messbergbrunnen, Elbstrasse, Reichs- Post, und Telegraphen Gebäude, Hopfensackfleth, St. Jacobi Kirche, St. Nikolai Kirche, St. Michaelis Kirche, St. Gertrud Kirche, Alsterpavillion and Alsterdamm, Jungfernsteg, and many others. Some photographs depict inhabitants of the city. Photographs by German-Danish Hof-Photographer Wilhelm Anton Georg Dreesen (1840-1926). Age wear, staining and abrasions on front board. Split and frayed along joints but holding. Five-inch closed tear along cloth on tail of spine on front board. Portfolio in fair, interior in overall very good condition. Scarce, complete portfolio with striking images of the Northern German city. g. Item #25888
Price: $950.00