Die Geschichte der Deutschen von den ältesten Zeiten bis auf unsere Tage. Zweite Auflage. (Fortgesetzt von M. Wechs.)
A popular German national history by Johann Sporschil, continued by M. Wechs, issued in a second edition in 1859 for general readers. The wood engravings are arch-topped or rectangular vignettes of historical episodes — Luther posting the theses, emperors receiving princes, officers conferring by candlelight — with dense crowds, period dress and armour, and fine cross-hatched interiors useful for figure groups and costume reference.
