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GERNING, Baron J.J. Von.
A Picturesque Tour Along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne: with Illustrations of the Scenes of Remarkable Events, and of Popular Traditions.
By 1820, Rudolph Ackermann (1764–1834) had established himself as one of the premium publishers of colour plate books in Britain, largely thanks to a number of works on English topography starting with The Microcosm of London in 1808. A Picturesque Tour Along the Rhine was the first title in Ackermann's "Picturesque Tour" series and was issued in six monthly parts. While Gerning's text was originally published in German in 1819, the introduction makes it clear that Ackermann was already working on his illustrated edition. Abbey suggests that "that the text was commissioned by Ackermann, as were the views for the plates".
- Published
- London: R. Ackermann, 1820.
- References
- Abbey, Travel 217; Bobins 461, Martin Hardie pp. 107-108, 312. Prideaux pp. 337-375, Tooley 234.
- Plates
- 24 + map
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: R. Ackermann, 1820.
- Ref
- 5248
Tall quarto, dedication, list of subscribers, text pp. 1-178. Folding map of the Rhine from Meinz to Cologne, routes, etc.; 24 hand-coloured aquatints. Contemporary calf and marbled paper sides decorated panels; re-backed. Boards tooled in blind and gilt, decorated panels to spine. Originally published in 6 monthly parts and finally in volume form on ordinary (elephant) paper at £4. 4s each, while on large (atlas) paper at £6. 6s each. Havell engraved some plates, as did Sutherland, after drawings by C.G. Schultz. One of the most beautiful sets of plates of the Rhine. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. Bornhofen. 2. Mentz, from the influx of the Maine into the Rhine. 3. Biebrich, the Summer Residence of the Duke of Nassau. 4. The Johannes Berg. 5. The Town of Bingen. 6. The Mice Tower. 7. The Castle of Furstenberg. 8. Bacharach. 9. Pfalz Castle, and the Town of Laub. 10. The Town of Oberwesel. 11. Thurnberg. 12. Liebenstein. 13. Braubach. 14. The Church of Johannes at the influx of the Lahn. 15. St. Goarshausen, St. Goar, and Rheinfels. 16. Salmon Fishery, at Lurley. 17. Boppard. 18. Coblentz, and the Fortress of Ehrenbreitstein. 19. Andernach and Neuwied. 20. Engers and Sayn. 21. Hammerstein. 22. The Castles of Drachenfels & Rolandseck. 23. Bodesberg and the Seven Hills. 24. Cologne. 25. Map of the Course of the Rhine from Mentz to Cologne; and of the Course of the Maine and the Lahn (double page).
