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CENT VUES SUISSES remarquables par leur Situation, ou par des Faits Historiques. Dessinnées et gravées par Hess, Hegui [sic], König, Lory, Meyer, Wetzel etc.
by Orell, Füssli (Publishers)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Zurich: Orell, Füssli et Comp., 1825 approx). Hardcover. Very Good. Copperplate engravings (100) of Swiss views and domestic scenes by Hess, Hegui, König, Lory, Meyer, Wetzel and others.. Oblong octavo green morocco elaborately gilt on 4 raised bands (lacks lowest spine compartment, tips & hinges worn but sound) All Edges Gilt. Titlepage +[3]pp publisher's list +[4]pp contents + 100 plate leaves printed one side only. Clean and crisp - lovely views with a few genre scenes - wedding, peasants defending land against invaders in 1798, making cheese etc. Minor foxing almost entirely to the margins or blank back of plates, small wormhole at foot of 3 leaves. *A charming work containing views by various artists here collected together for the first time (Lonchamp 3199).
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- Bookseller
- Abbey Antiquarian Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- V71152
- Title
- CENT VUES SUISSES remarquables par leur Situation, ou par des Faits Historiques. Dessinnées et gravées par Hess, Hegui [sic], König, Lory, Meyer, Wetzel etc.
- Author
- Orell, Füssli (Publishers)
- Illustrator
- Copperplate engravings (100) of Swiss views and domestic scenes by Hess, Hegui, König, Lory, Meyer, Wetzel and others.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Orell, Füssli et Comp.
- Place of Publication
- Zurich
- Date Published
- 1825 approx)
- Keywords
- Switzerland views topography engravings
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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Blockley, Gloucestershire
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- Raised Band(s)
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