Rundetaarn, Copenhagen – Old Book Illustrations

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View of the Rundetaarn and Trinitatis Church in the center of Copenhagen — Rundetaarn, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Artist

Name:: Mayer, Auguste Etienne François
Dates:: 1805-1890
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Buildings & monuments
Technique:: Lithograph
Engraver:: Cicéri, Eugène
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Voyages en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feröe (Atlas, vol. 1)
Author(s):: Gaimard, Joseph Paul (under the direction of)
Publisher:: Paris: Arthus-Bertrand, n.d. [1852]

Description

View of the Rundetaarn and Trinitatis Church in the center of Copenhagen. The Rundetaarn was built between 1637 and 1642 and first intended as an astronomical observatory.
The caption reads in the original French: Rundetaarn à Copenhague. Danemark.

Keywords: 1850s, 19th century, Denmark, Europe, street, tower