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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 3210182, member: 56"]Possibly from:</p><p><i>Memorabilien aus der Europäischen Geschichte für anziehende Weltbegebenheiten, ausgezeichnete Grossthaten, Würdigung der Verdienste von berühmten Männern etc. Aus mehreren Jahrhunderten gesammelt</i>. Mit insgesamt 96 getönten Federlithographien von Johann Nepomuk Geiger auf Tafeln</p><p><br /></p><p>2 vols. New York, 1860</p><p><br /></p><p>which is approximately: Memorable Scenes from European History</p><p><br /></p><p>images described as toned-pen lithographs</p><p>(that's the translation)</p><p><br /></p><p>The last scene is "King Louis XVI of France with his wife Marie Antoinette and their son, the Dauphin, at the Field of Mars taking the Oath of Loyalty, France, July 14th 1790" (didn't do him much good)</p><p><br /></p><p>The second to last is: "The Storming of the Castle of Verona by the German Army, 1155"</p><p><br /></p><p>The first one in the 2nd post is: Henry of Ofterdingen; Legendary singer of the German Middle Ages.</p><p>“The singer Ofterdingen kneels at the feet of the landgrate, who covers him with her cloak, to protect him from his adversaries, 1207.”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 3210182, member: 56"]Possibly from: [I]Memorabilien aus der Europäischen Geschichte für anziehende Weltbegebenheiten, ausgezeichnete Grossthaten, Würdigung der Verdienste von berühmten Männern etc. Aus mehreren Jahrhunderten gesammelt[/I]. Mit insgesamt 96 getönten Federlithographien von Johann Nepomuk Geiger auf Tafeln 2 vols. New York, 1860 which is approximately: Memorable Scenes from European History images described as toned-pen lithographs (that's the translation) The last scene is "King Louis XVI of France with his wife Marie Antoinette and their son, the Dauphin, at the Field of Mars taking the Oath of Loyalty, France, July 14th 1790" (didn't do him much good) The second to last is: "The Storming of the Castle of Verona by the German Army, 1155" The first one in the 2nd post is: Henry of Ofterdingen; Legendary singer of the German Middle Ages. “The singer Ofterdingen kneels at the feet of the landgrate, who covers him with her cloak, to protect him from his adversaries, 1207.”[/QUOTE]
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