Continuing our series of German cities in 19th-century photographs, this volume portrays the splendid baroque city of Dresden, capital of Saxony and nicknamed “Florence on the Elbe,” with its Castle, Zwinger, Brühl Terrace, Frauenkirche, and Semper Opera House.

Schirmer/Mosel. Ed. by Andreas Krase. 312 pages, 254 duotone and colour plates, size: 24 x 28 cm, hardcover. German edition.