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Necropolis at the ancient Etruscan city of Tarquinia. The chambers rest on pillars carved from the rock. Gentlemen antiquarians sketch the catacombs by torchlight. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1810. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.
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Necropolis at the ancient Etruscan city of Tarquinia. The chambers rest on pillars carved from the rock. Gentlemen antiquarians sketch the catacombs by torchlight. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1810. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.
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8183 x 4054 px | 94.9 MB
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69.3 x 34.3 cm | 27.3 x 13.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
12-VOLUME • 1810 • ADOLESCENCE • ANCIENT • ANTIQUARIAN • ANTIQUE • ARCHAEOLOGY • BARROWS • BILDERBUCH FUR KINDER • BOYS • BURIAL PLACE • BURYING PLACE • CARL BERTUCH • CARVED • CATACOMB • CATACOMBS • CHAMBERS • CHEVALIER • CHILDHOOD • CHILDREN • CIENCIA • COPPERPLATE • COSTUME • CULT • DISGUISE • EDUCATION • ENCYCLOPEDIA • ENGRAVED PLATES • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • ETRUSCAN CITY • FRIEDRICH JOHANN BERTUCH • HANDCOLOURED • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY • HORSEMAN • ILLUSTRATED • ILLUSTRATION • INFANT • KID • KNIGHT • LIMESTONE • LITTLE GIRL • MASQUERADE • MYTHOLOGY • NATURAL HISTORY • NATURAL SCIENCES • NATURE STUDY • NECROPOLIS • OFFSPRING • OLD • PICTURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN • PILLARS • PRINT • RIDER • RITE • RITUAL • ROCK • SCIENCE • SKETCH • TARQUINIA • TORCHLIGHT • WATER • WEIMAR • YOUTH
