Füssli, Johann Caspar. History and illustration of the best mills in Switzerland. 2 vols. With 2 gest. Frontisp., 37 gest. portraits, 10 (3 fold.) plates and 55 vignettes by Johann Rudolf Füssli. Zurich, David Gessner, 1755-1757. 8°. [13] boards, 160; 250 (recte: 246) pp. half-leather bindings of the Z. with gilt spine labels and linear spine gilt. Barth 26574 - Lonchamp 1128 (erroneously cites 47 portraits). - First Edition. - Pag. jumps in vol. 2 from p. 64 to 69. without pl. 7. probably 7 leaves missing (preface to tl 2). - In the second volume the work brings a detailed description of the casting of the equestrian statue of Louis XIV, directed by the Zurich Johann Balthasar Keller (1638-1702), which was considered a technical masterpiece at the time, in French and illustrated by 10 copper.

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