A picturesque tour along the Rhine from Mentz to Cologne : with illustrations of the scenes of remarkable events and of popular traditions / by Baron J.J. von Gerning ; embellished with twenty-four highly finished and coloured engravings from the drawings of M. Schuetz ; and accompanied by a map ; translated from the German by John Black.
Alternate Title(s):
Picturesque tour along the Rhine from Metz to Cologne
Published / Created:
London : Published by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand; and sold by the principal booksellers in the United Kingdom, MDCCCXX [1820].[London] : Printed by L. Harrison, 373 Strand
Physical Description:
xiv, [2], 178 pages, [25] leaves of plates (1 folded) : color illustrations, map ; 43 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Translation of: Die Rheingegenden von Mainz bis Cölln.
Contents:
Wiesbaden -- The springs and baths of Wiesbaden -- Interesting objects in Wiesbaden and its environs -- The medical palace -- Sonnenberg -- The Table-land -- Biebrich -- Schierstein -- Schlangenbad -- Environs of Schlangenbad -- Schwalbach -- The country round Schwalbach -- Weilbach -- Mentz -- Objects in Mentz deserving of note -- The passage down the Rhine to Rüdesheim -- The Rheingau -- The Johannesberg -- Nieder-Ingelheim -- Rüdesheim -- The Niederwald -- Bingen -- The passage down the Rhine to Coblentz -- The burgs on the Rhine between Bingen and Coblentz ; Klopp -- Ehrenfels -- Vautsberg -- Reichenstein -- Faulkenburg -- Soneck, or Saneck -- Heimburg -- Fuersteneck and Nollingen -- Kammerberg -- Rheinberg -- Fuerstenberg -- Sareck -- Sauerburg, or Surburg -- Heppenheft -- Staleck -- Stalberg -- Gutenfels -- Schoenberg -- Rieneck, or Rheineck -- New Katzenelnbogen, or the Katze -- Rheinfels, or Rinfels -- Thurmberg, or the Mouse -- Reichenberg -- Liebenstein and Sterrenberg, or the Brothers -- Liebeneck -- Marxburg -- Philippsburg -- Rheinberg -- Stolzenfels -- Lahneck -- General observations -- Coblentz -- Neuwied -- The places where Julius Caesar crossed the Rhine -- Passage down the Rhine to Bonn -- Cologne -- Old paintings in Cologne -- Remarkable objects of Cologne -- Appendix: Account of Embs and its environs -- Appendix: The burg of Nassau -- Appendix: Explanation of the map.
Subject Terms:
Rhine River -- Description and travel. | Rhine River Valley -- Description and travel. | Germany -- Description and travel.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1820. | Maps.
Contributors:
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher. | Harrison, L. (Lancelot), active 1807-1842, printer. | Black, John, 1783-1855, translator. | Schütz, Christian Georg, 1758-1823, illustrator. | Sutherland, Thomas, approximately 1785-approximately 1825, engraver. | Havell, Daniel, -1826? engraver. | Ulrich, C. F., cartographer. | Bartlett, W., active 1820, engraver.