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Lehmann, Gottfried Arnold. A day in Berlin. Game sheet, consisting of 51 engraved views, mounted on cardboard. 49 x 62.5 cm. Berlin, Carl Friedrich Amelang, 1820. ==References== Berndt, Märkische Ansichten, 228. – 1820 was published by Carl Friedrich Amelang in Berlin, a dice game titled "Ein Tag in Berlin". According to nature, the copper engraver and lithographer Gottfried Arnold Lehmann (1766-1819) produced 51 views showing important historical buildings of the city of Berlin. The trick, conceived as a dice game, begins with the number one at the Königlisches Schloss and leads over fifty fields to the Brandenburg Gate. Originally there was a booklet with explanations of the historical buildings and the rules of the game. The individual stations show the following buildings or statues: 1) Royal Palace, 2) Royal Palaces, 3) Stechbahn, 4) Hotel de Brandenbourg, 5) Royal Bank, 6) Cadette House, 7) Orphanage, 8) Lottery Direction, 9) Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium, 10) Royal Observatory, 11) Royal Ritter Academy, 12) Berlin City Hall, 13) Address or Loan House, 14) Royal Gold and Silver Manufacture, 15) Royal Academie Building, 16) Royal Drama House, 17) Royal Library, 18) Long Bridge, 19) Stock Exchange House, 20) University Building, 21) Corner House on Breitenstrasse, 22) Catholic Church, 23) Monbijou, 24) Royal Workhouse, 25) Royal Coin Building, 26) Main Fire Station, 27) General of Seidlitz, 28) Large Masonic Lodge, 29) Hotel de Russie, 30) (c) Royal Postal House, 31) Charité Building, 32) Royal Porcelain Manufacture, 33) Artillery Case, 34) Finance Ministry, 35) Field Marshal of Schwerin, 36) Commander, 37) Police Bureau, 38) General of Winterfeld, 39) New Packhof, 40) General Field Marsh of Keith, 41) Landschaftshaus, 42) Gens d'Armes-Markt, 43) Parochial Church, 44) Royal Chamber Court, 45) General Zieten, 46) Royal Opera House, 47) Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau, 48) Cathedral, 49) Royal Zeughaus, 50) Marien-Kirche, 51) Brandenburg Thor. Already in 1815 Lehmann produced the copper engraving "Ein Tag in Potsdam", also with 51 views. – With weak brown spots. Toast corners of the carrier box. The individual views are cut at the edge of the plate and recently mounted on cardboard. Very rare.
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Lehmann, Gottfried Arnold — A Day in Berlin
1820 Berlin dice game 'Ein Tag in Berlin' by Gottfried Arnold Lehmann, 51 engraved views on cardboard, 49x62.5 cm, Carl Friedrich Amelang publisher.
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400 €
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- Lot #
- 185
- Currency
- EUR
- Location
- Berlin, DE
- Lot Ends
- 8 Oct 2026, 23:59:59
- Auction Ends
- 8 Oct 2026, 23:59:59
- Lots in Auction
- 194