View of volcanic Mount Hekla, Iceland, 1811

View from the south of the volcanic Mount Hekla, Iceland, 1811. Spitze der Hekla auf Island. 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 Encyclopedia Engraved Plates Friedrich Johann Bertuch Hecla Iceland Natural History Picture Book For Children Sir George Steuart Mackenzie Volcanic

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