Cologne Cathedral Festival - Illustrirte Zeitung, Leipzig - 1845
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Complete leaf of the Illustrirte Zeitung of Leipzig, the first German illustrated weekly, with the large wood engraving of the festival of the Cologne Cathedral works held in the Frankenplatz: the front hung with banners and the square filled by the crowd. Masthead, text and contents printed around it and on the back.
Complete leaf of the Illustrirte Zeitung of Leipzig, the first German illustrated weekly, with the large wood engraving of the festival of the Cologne Cathedral works held in the Frankenplatz: the front hung with banners and the square filled by the crowd. Masthead, text and contents printed around it and on the back.
Work on Cologne Cathedral, halted since the 16th century, was resumed in 1842 and became a national symbol; hence the solemnity of these building festivals, which the illustrated press followed year by year.
Medium: Wood engraving on a newspaper leaf.
Source: Illustrirte Zeitung, No. 105, Leipzig, 5 July 1845.
Dimensions: 10 x 13 in (25.5 x 33 cm).
Condition: Toned newsprint, with wear at the edges and small tears in the upper margin; the image clean and well printed.
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Complete leaf of the Illustrirte Zeitung of Leipzig, the first German illustrated weekly, with the large wood engraving of the festival of the Cologne Cathedral works held in the Frankenplatz: the front hung with banners and the square filled by the crowd. Masthead, text and contents printed around it and on the back.