Author: Tönsberg, Christian.
Title: Christiania med dens naereste Omgivelser fremstiller i Tegninger of ledsaget met kort oplysende Text. Anden raekke.
Description: Christiana, Paa udgiverens forlag, Trykt af H.J. Sorum, 1857. [21] pages text & 17 large single-page tinted lithographed views by various artists. Orig. publisher's cloth-backed printed boards. Large oblong 4to. - Cover with some rubbing & a bit dam.; the plate of the railway station (Jerbanegaarden) seriously stained in upper right corner (affecting the image). Second edition of this rare work with fine views of Oslo (first published in 1850). - Christiania is the former name of the city, and from 1925 for the part of the city founded by Christian IV. Illustrated with 17 views including the Carl Johans Gade, the Schou cotton factory in the valley of St. Margaret and the old castle of Akershuus under the snow. With descriptive texts in Norwegian, German and English. Christian Tönsberg (1813 - 1897) was one of the larger Norwegian publishers, is best known for his illustrated books about the country.

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