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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Title, Monographic | Meyer's Volksbibliothek fuer Laender-, Voelker- und Naturkunde |
| Place of Publication | Hildburghausen/New York, N.Y. |
| Publisher | Druck des Bibliographischen Instituts/Herrmann J. Meyer |
| Date of Publication | 1856 |
| Extent of Work | 51 vols. |
| Notes | On title page: Mit Kupfern und Karten. --- Herrmann Julius Meyer (1826-1909) and his father, Joseph Meyer, were German publishers of an illustrated travel series called Meyer's Universum. Joseph Meyer very much admired the United States and sent his son to establish a publishing house in New York. Herrmann proceeded to publish an American edition of the Universum, but also desired to publish a new series of his own called, The United States Illustrated. Meyer enlisted the services of Charles A. Dana editor of the New York Tribune to serve as editor of the series. Unfortunately, the series did not do well, and Meyer decided to return to Germany. After the death of his father, he assumed control of their Bibliographischen Institut which is still in business today. The prints from Meyer's various publications are mostly based on first-hand renderings and are finely engraved. They are some of the most interesting and desirable small views of the trans-Mississippi West. |
| Call Number | PIA NY |
| MKI Terms | Geography/ Sociology/ Reference/ Science |