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12mo, (127x100 mm), pp. [iv], lithographic frontispiece portrait and lithographic title, xvi, [4], 323, 1; original pictorial boards (lithograph) by Franz Xaver Winterhalder (see Winkler, 929), a.e.g., a very good copy. The only issue of the almanac for Munich University, prepared to celebrate its new location with extensive information on the opening ceremonies, staff, students, library etc. Particularly striking are the lithographs decorating the boards, illustrating the university seals on the upper board and part of the university buildings on the lower board, and the frontispiece portrait by the German painter andlithographer Franz Xaver Winterhalder (1805-1873), best known for his flattering portraits of royalty and upper-class society in the mid-19th century. TheLudwig Maximilian University of Munich(simplyUniversity of MunichorLMU) is apublicresearch universityinMunich, Germany. It was originally established as theUniversity of Ingolstadtin 1472 by DukeLudwig IX of Bavaria-Landshut and is Germany'ssixth-oldest universityin continuous operation. In 1800, the university was moved from Ingolstadt toLandshutby Maximilian I, Joseph of Bavaria,when the city was threatened by the French, before being relocated to its present-day location in Munich in 1826 by KingLudwig I of Bavaria. Köhring p. 14. Worldcat: outside of Germany, Harvard.