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Sylt – Morsum Cliff on Sylt. Vista at the partly precipitous, partly sloping dunes down to the sweeping beach. Wood engraving by F. Haug after Gustav Schoenleber (Bietigheim 1851 – Karlsruhe 1917) at Adolf Closs, Stuttgart. (1880/81.) Inscribed in the stock: GS (ligated) / A. Closs X.I. Haug sc, and typographically per subtext in German as above. 9.5 x 16 cm.
BACK: Tinghugel on Sylt. Vista at some of the old Syltian’s grave-mounds under dark evening clouds. On one a four-legged beacon. Wood engraving after Schoenleber as before. Inscribed in the stock: G. Sch., and typographically per subtext in German as above. 9.3 x 17.4 cm. – Continuous local text on both sides, i. a. on the cliffs of Sylt and the prehistoric monuments.
Offer no. 8,331 / EUR 88. (c. US$ 123.) + shipping
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