Rome – S. Croce in Gerusaleme and Aqueduct of Nero. The abbey together with the far-stretched water pipe. In front figurines. Wood engraving after Karl Lindemann-Frommel (Markirch, Alsace, 1819 – Rome 1892) for Adolf Closs, Stuttgart. (1876.) Inscribed: within the subject Lindemann-Frommel fec. Rom 1873., otherwise typographically in German as above. 9.5 x 18.8 cm.
BACK: Fountain at Ariccia. With vista of St. Peter, at the fountain itself resting people. Wood engraving by A. Wolf after Albert Hertel (1843 Berlin 1912). Inscribed: Wolf sc., otherwise in German as above. 20.5 x 13.8 cm. – Local text on both sides.
Offer no. 10,205 / EUR 47. (c. US$ 65.) + shipping
“ I am curious as to the history of this (original Ridinger printing-)plate (just I bought) and the others you have offered. Did you purchase them from the Ridinger estate (indirectly, indeed) or a private collector? These are truly rare one of a kind pieces ”
(Mr. L. A. F., October 28, 2003)