"Zweihundert Bildnisse und Lebensabrisse berühmter deutscher Männer", Third Revised Edition, Leipzig 1870
Paperboard binding with marbled paper cover (fleuron/pebble pattern in brown-black) and black varnished cloth spine. "Zweihundert Bildnisse und Lebensabrisse berühmter deutscher Männer." (Two Hundred Portraits and Biographies of Famous German Men). Text author: Ludwig Bechstein (well-known fairy tale writer and literary historian, 1801–1860). Georg Wigand publisher, Leipzig. The work contains 200 portraits in wood engraving and steel engraving techniques with detailed biographies in German. Examples of the portrayed personalities: Nicolaus Ludwig Graf zu Zinzendorf, Leopold Joseph Maria Reichsgraf von Daun, Joachim Christian Nettelbeck, Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel. Book block made of cream-colored printing paper. In age-appropriate used condition with foxing and slight discoloration of the pages, partially detached book cover especially at the spine, as well as rubbed cloth spine with bumped edges. 20 x 14 x 3 cm (HxWxD).
The work "Two Hundred Portraits and Life Stories of Famous German Men" is regarded as a standard reference work of the 19th century for conveying cultural history and prominent German personalities. It documents the portrait graphics and biographical literature spanning Romanticism through the Gründerzeit. Georg Wigand (1795–1870), the publishing house founder, specialised in high-quality illustrated works and theological literature (Leipzig/Stuttgart). The third "revised" edition of 1870 was an expanded and revised reissue of the original first edition. Ludwig Bechstein was a leading fairy tale writer ("Deutsches Märchenbuch") and also authored literary-historical works. The book represents the professional portrait graphics and biographical literature of the Wilhelmine era.
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