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Abbildung der Größe, u. ganz besondern Farbe der 6 Zoll langen, u. 3 Zoll diken Schlossen, von 2. bis 3. ll. schwer welche d. 13. August. 1802. Nachmittags, zwischen Nürnberg, Stadling, Kraftshof, über den Wald nach Stödenberg, Heroldsberg, bis Bernbach, u. Bula gefallen sind. Die Länge des Streifes war 6. Stund die Breite von 60. bis Ende auf 1800 Schritt.
Published by Fr[au] Kraerin, Fr[au]. Daucherin,, Nuremberg,, 1802
Seller: ASHER Rare Books, T Goy Houten, Netherlands
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
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Add to basketAn engraved print (an illustrated flier or Flugschrift reporting a curious meteorological event), showing a cross-section of one of the enormous hail stones that fell near Heroldsberg, about 11 km northeast of Nuremberg, on 13 August 1802. It weighed 2 17/32 Pfund (nearly 1.5 kg), measured 6 Zoll long and 3 Zoll thick (about 15×7.5 cm) and was unusually colourful, as depicted in the colouring of the print in pink and grey. The print also shows the distinctive layered structure of the hail stone,With the margins trimmed off, removing the thin-line border at the head but without affecting the texts, image or the other borders. Otherwise in very good condition.l Monathliche . . . Anzeigen zur ältern und neuern Geschichte Nürnbergs, 6 (1802), pp. 119-120; not in KVK & WorldCat. Mounted on a piece of laid paper (ca. 1926?). Engraved print on laid paper, showing a cross-section of an enormous and colourful hail stone, coloured by a contemporary hand as published. Title, image and caption in a thin-line border, with the imprint below the border at the foot. Pages: [1] leaf.
