Wegweiser und einzelne Belustigungen in dem Belustigungsort Colosseum in der Brigittenau
Publisher: Gedruckt in der Jans'schen Buchdruckerey
Published: 1840
Place of publication: Vienna, Austria?
Language: ger
Subjects: Amusement parks
Other titles: Einzelne Belustigungen im Colosseum in der Brigittenau
Description: Comprises 4 unnumbered pages in columns, listing the numbered amusements to be found at the Colosseum, and 6 lithographed plates, illustrating Das englische Caroussel, Die Kreisfahrbahn, Das Riesen Fass, Das Wilhelm Tell Schiessen (der aus Felssteinen künstl. erbaute Keller), Der Coloss, and Der grosse Spieseplatz.
Notes: Date range from the 1840 establishment of the Brigittenau Railway, mentioned in the guide; the train ran into June 1842, after which it was discontinued. See German Wikipedia.

The Colosseum was from the 1830s to 1842, a dance and amusement in what was then the Vienna suburb Brigittenau (since 1900 the 20th district). Built by Anton Czermak, who sold it on 1 June 1834 to the architect Carl Hör (or Carl Hoer), the Colosseum featured (among other amusements) a giant elephant called "Der Coloss," built from wood, straw, and paper mache (illustrated in this guide), which could hold 50 people. See German Wikipedia.

In German ; Fraktur.

Purchased in 2020 with the Rose and Marian Hannah Winter Fund.

Ownership signature in ink on front cover: Madeleine d'Assny (?).

Bound in later tan paper wrappers, with printed title mounted on front cover; in prefab, 23 cm.