Samuel Rösel: 17 Swiss landscapes in sepia for F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's fifteenth Birthday, 3 Feb 1824, with the motto 'Doppeltes Leben ist's: in der Erinnerung Leben'
MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn d. 14
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Samuel Rösel: 17 Swiss landscapes in sepia for F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's fifteenth Birthday, 3 Feb 1824, with the motto 'Doppeltes Leben ist's: in der Erinnerung Leben'
Shelfmark
MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn d. 14
Summary
Comprises:
Vevey.
Weg Capelle bey Weggis.
Blick ins Lauterbrunner Thal.
Schloss Schadau am Thuner See.
Teils Platte.
Die Grabhügel von Goldau am Lowerzer See.
Lausanne.
Bern.
Château Châtellard.
Das Wellhorn. Zwischen dem Rosilawer und Schwarzwald Gletscher.
Der Lowerzer See vom Dorfe Seewen gesehen.
Interlaken.
Weg über die Gemmi.
Grindelwald.
Schloss Unspunnen bey Interlaken.
Blick vom Albis bey Zürich auf den Zuger See.
Der Rheinfall bey Schaffhausen.
Date
1824
Language
German
Physical facet
Binding: red paper on boards with gold fillet; a green ivy-leaf on the front cover bears gold initials 'S.R.'; 'zum Andenken' is in gold letters on back cover. i + 16 leaves + endpapers. Watermark 'J. Whatman'. Borders surrounding the pictures were washed grey-blue.
Physical extent
16 Leaves
Custodial history
Wach collection.
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Collection contents
The M. Deneke Mendelssohn Collection
Collected pieces in albums, etc.
Samuel Rösel: 17 Swiss landscapes in sepia for F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's fifteenth Birthday, 3 Feb 1824, with the motto 'Doppeltes Leben ist's: in der Erinnerung Leben'
