Capri – Villa Jovis on Capri, Mount Tiberio with. Fine view of the rock with vista of Gulf + Vesuvius. Wood engraving after Albert Hertel (1843 Berlin 1912) for Adolf Closs, Stuttgart. (1876.) Inscribed: within the subject AH (joint). 1874., otherwise typographically in German as above. 13.7 x 18.7 cm.
“ Then the cowardly tyrant hid in the temple’s sanctuary … Today the hermit of the mountain draws the little bell of the church … a church that was built upon the ruins and from the stones of the blood-drenched Villa Jovis as expiation for the numerous victims. ” – In itself concluded local text on both sides.
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“ Received the Heron Hawking today, it is exceptionally nice. Thank you for packing so carefully … ”
(Mr. L. A. F., December 6, 2005)