Columbia Railroad Bridge Susquehanna River Meyers 1850
Title: Columbia Bridge (Susquehanna).
Description: Old print of the Columbia Bridge in hand coloring.
Several bridges have been built on the site, with the first wooden covered bridge erected in the early 1830s to replace a nearby smaller toll bridge immediately upriver that had been destroyed by ice.
Origin: Meyer's Universum, published by Bibliographic Institute Hildburghausen Germany. Meyer, Joseph, 1796-1856. Fine Steel plate engraving, hand colored taken from: Meyers Universum. Meyer operated very successfully as a publisher, employing a system of serial subscription to publications, which was new at that time. To this end he founded a company, Bibliographisches Institut. He published several editions atlases, the world in pictures on steel engravings ("Meyers Universum", 1833–61, 17 volumes in 12 languages with 80,000 subscribers all over Europe)
Bright colored engraved print. 100% authentic. Verso Black. No reprint, no facsimile. Size: Sheet app.:26.5 x 19 cm. 10.5 x 7.5 inches. Image app.: 14.5 x 10 cm. 5.75 x 3.75 inches. Condition: View overall good. Age spots at the borders/image.
