Weissenstein (Col de L'Albula)


Original wood engraving from a book from 1880 (not a reprint - no copy)




Size of the stitch 19 x 12 cm, sheet size: approx. 29 x 21cm.

It is an engraving in the text, with text also on the back.

Condition: Sheet minimally stained, otherwise good - see scan!



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Wood engraving, or xylography, is a common method of letterpress printing that was used towards the end of the 18th century. It was developed from woodcuts by Thomas Bewick in the 19th century.
Templates of drawings, pictures or photographs are transferred to a wooden board cut across the grain with a wooden burin instead of a knife, processed and then printed on paper. Because these wood engravings are printed directly from the woodblock without photomechanical reproduction processes, they are original graphics!
Especially between 1850 and 1900 they were used in books and magazines of the 19th century. century illustrative purposes. This also explains why wood engravings were almost always printed together with text contributions and often have text on the back. Wood engravings almost always come from print media (newspapers, illustrated magazines or books) of the 19th century. century.

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Documentation:
The Alp Weissenstein (Rhaeto-Romance in the idiom Puter Alp Crap Alv) is an alp on the west side of the Albula Pass in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is located east of Lake Palpuogna in the municipality of Bergün Filisur, almost three kilometers below the top of the pass. The Alp serves as a research station for the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences at ETH Zurich. The actual alp with its agricultural and research buildings is at 2026 m above sea level. M., the owned and leased land extend from 1900 to 2600 m above sea level. M. High alpine dairy cow and sheep farming as well as montane vegetation are being researched.
Source: Wikipedia
Especially between 1850 and 1900 they were used in books and magazines of the 19th century. century illustrative purposes. This also explains why wood engravings were almost always printed together with text contributions and often have text on the back. Wood engravings almost always come from print media (newspapers, illustrated magazines or books) of the 19th century. century. The Alp Weissenstein (Rhaeto-Romance in the idiom Puter Alp Crap Alv) is an alp on the west side of the Albula Pass in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is located east of Lake Palpuogna in the municipality of Bergün Filisur, almost three kilometers below the top of the pass. The Alp serves as a research station for the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences at ETH Zurich. The actual alp with its agricul