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Sammlung Hogarthischer Kupferstiche (William Hogarth images, engraved by Riepenhausen), 1794 (inclusive)

Extent:
9 volumes
Abstract:
Between 1794 and 1834, the printer Joh. Christ. Dieterich published in Göttingen a set of volumes called Ausfürliche Erklärung der Hogarthischen Kupferstiche. It included included twelve volumes of images by the English painter and egraver William Hogarth, along with popular commentaries on the images written by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, a local Physics professor. This collection is comprised of nine of the twelve graphic volumes. The plates are "good copies" of Hogarth's originals by the German engraver Ernst Riepenhausen.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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The Days' Doings, 1870-1871 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume and 4 issues bound together
Abstract:
The Days' Doings was a sensationalist illustrated newspaper published in London from 1870 to 1872. The four issues of The Days' Doings held by Penn's Rare Book and Manuscript Library were collected because each contains an article by Mark Twain. The issues are bound together in a single folio volume with brown paper covers.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]