Ruins of the ancient town of Sagunto, Spain, circa 1800.

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Ruins of the ancient town of Sagunto, Spain, circa 1800. Part of the theatre 1, and ruins of the citadel 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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