Palermo, Cloister San Martino near. Situated before a mountain range. In front monk with donkey. Wood engraving after Alfred Metzener (Niendorf 1833 – Zweisimmen, Bern, 1905) for Adolf Closs, Stuttgart. (1876.) Inscribed: within the subject A Metzener, otherwise typographically in German as above. 18.9 x 17 cm.
BACK: Ruins of the Hercules Temple at Girgenti. With figurines. Wood engraving after Otto Geleng (Berlin? before 1862 – after 1876). Inscribed: within the subject Géleng …, otherwise typographically in German as above. 11.9 x 16.5 cm. – Continuous local text on both sides. – Large water stain in the lower wide white lateral margin.
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