Posted 9 years ago
Dhakir
(4 items)
I have found this Swedish copy of "Das Evangelium Der Natur" (part 2 of 6) by Heribert Rau. It's printed 1878 and it contains a couple of gorgeous illustrations. I bought it for next to nothing at a flea market. The cover is very rugged but the inside is in good condition.
Love those illustrations. Most are fairly accurate although Megalosaurus and Iguanadon are pretty far off. But that is part of the charm too.
It truly is!
Somewhere, in one of my magazines from 1870 (there's a year's worth bound in a volume), I have photo three almost identical.
Very neat.
Do you know who made them? It doesn't say who in the book. What kind of magazine is it?
These were engravings that could be bought by publishers/printers to supplement their works.
If you mean your magazine, it translates as Nature's Gospel, Earth's Formation History.
Who published it is below that. I'd think.
I had no idea! Do you think there could be a registry of these engravings somewhere? A catalogue?
I meant your magazine c: