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1017 - Illustrated Switzerland. A Historical Description of Its Twenty-Two Cantons [...]. Illustrated with beautiful steel engravings [...]. Paris: Didier, 1851, 2 vols., in-8°; 92 plates (text unmarked, some foxing). Blue half-basane from the publisher, marbled paper covers, smooth spines (slightly rubbed). Illustrated with 92 plates taken from *Alpes pittoresques*: 2 colored fold-out maps (a general map and one of Lake Geneva), 70 steel engravings, mostly after Girard, and 20 woodcuts or lithographs beautifully enhanced with figures and costumes, including 11 by Devéria and 3 by Octavie Rossignon. Ref. A. Gattlen, *L'estampe topographique du Valais 1850–1899*, p. 35. - Not listed in Colas or Perret. Enclosed: Gourdault, J. - *La Suisse pittoresque*. Paris, Hachette, 1887. In-8° (n.c.). Publisher’s percaline binding (a few small stains). (3 vols.)
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Illustrated Switzerland. A Historical Description of Its Twenty-Two Cantons [...]. Illustrated with beautiful steel engravings [...]. Paris: Didier, 1851, 2 vols., in-8°; 92 plates (text unmarked, some foxing). Blue half-basane from the publisher, marbled paper covers, smooth spines (slightly rubbed). Illustrated with 92 plates taken from *Alpes pittoresques*: 2 colored fold-out maps (a general map and one of Lake Geneva), 70 steel engravings, mostly after Girard, and 20 woodcuts or lithographs beautifully enhanced with figures and costumes, including 11 by Devéria and 3 by Octavie Rossignon. Ref. A. Gattlen, *L'estampe topographique du Valais 1850–1899*, p. 35. - Not listed in Colas or Perret. Enclosed: Gourdault, J. - *La Suisse pittoresque*. Paris, Hachette, 1887. In-8° (n.c.). Publisher’s percaline binding (a few small stains). (3 vols.)
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