View of a large timber raft on the Rhine near

View of a large timber raft on the Rhine near the ruins of Godesberg Castle, Bonn. Made up of 1, 000 logs, the raft was powered by a crew of 900 oarsmen. Vue d'un Radeau du Rhin. After a painting by landscape artist Laurenz Janscha. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1813. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1, 200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc. published from 1790-1830

1813 Bilderbuch Fur Kinder Bonn Carl Bertuch Encyclopedia Engraved Plates Freight Friedrich Johann Bertuch Landscape Artist Laurenz Janscha Logs Lumber Natural History Oarsmen Picture Book For Children Raft

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