View of the town of Reykjavik, Iceland, 1811

View of the town of Reykjavik, Iceland, 1811. Small village of 500 inhabitants with church, prison, storehouses, cottages and tavern. Copied from an illustration by Scottish geologist Sir George Steuart Mackenzie in his Travels in the Island of Iceland, 1811. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1815. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1, 200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc. published from 1790-1830

1815 Bilderbuch Fur Kinder Carl Bertuch Cottages Encyclopedia Engraved Plates Friedrich Johann Bertuch Geologist Iceland Natural History Picture Book For Children Reykjavik Sir George Steuart Mackenzie Storehouses Tavern Topography

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