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One quarter leather over marbled boards. Undated. Eight tissue guarded lithographs. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book. Clean and unmarked, minimally foxed. The views are lithographed by Augustus Kollner from the original sketches of Ludwig Mayers. The text is adapted from that of the Orientalist E.F.C. Rosenmueller. Augustus Kollner of Wurttemberg was employed as an engraver at sixteen by the Stuttgart printer Carl Ebner. He came to America in 1839 after working in Paris. Kollner was employed by the lithographer Philip Haas in Washington, D.C. before setting himself up in business in Philadelphia. Kollner was particularly well know for his views of American cities and other locales as well as military subjects. The WorldCat locates one copy of this book and suggests a date of 1830 which is almost certainly incorrect. It was more likely published in the 1840's while Kollner was doing much work for the American Sunday School Union. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!