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1018 - [BRIDEL, Philippe Sirice] A Picturesque Journey from Basel to Biel Through the Mottiers-Grandval Valleys. Plates drawn by Pierre Birmann, accompanied by a text by the author of *The Race from Basel to Biel*. Basel: P. Birmann (printed by J. Decker), 1802. Obl. folio: [76] pp.; 37 pl. (foxing and spotting throughout; some tissue guards torn; 2 missing). Contemporary three-quarter green long-grained sheepskin, marbled paper on boards, gilt-ornamented flat spine (rubbed, scratches on caps and joints, corners bumped). Plates preserved in fresh, vivid impressions. First edition, complete with 1 engraved map and 36 large-format aquatint views in sepia tones, engraved by Franz Hegi, Christian Haldenwang, and Johann Jakob Strüdlt after Birmann. The best-known and most beautiful album of the Swiss Jura.

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€750 - 900

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30%

[BRIDEL, Philippe Sirice] A Picturesque Journey from Basel to Biel Through the Mottiers-Grandval Valleys. Plates drawn by Pierre Birmann, accompanied by a text by the author of *The Race from Basel to Biel*. Basel: P. Birmann (printed by J. Decker), 1802. Obl. folio: [76] pp.; 37 pl. (foxing and spotting throughout; some tissue guards torn; 2 missing). Contemporary three-quarter green long-grained sheepskin, marbled paper on boards, gilt-ornamented flat spine (rubbed, scratches on caps and joints, corners bumped). Plates preserved in fresh, vivid impressions. First edition, complete with 1 engraved map and 36 large-format aquatint views in sepia tones, engraved by Franz Hegi, Christian Haldenwang, and Johann Jakob Strüdlt after Birmann. The best-known and most beautiful album of the Swiss Jura.

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Cartography, atlases, old manuscripts, old and rare books
Friday, December 4
01:00 PM
19/2 Rue aux Laines
1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

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Arenberg Auctions +3225441055 info@arenbergauctions.com
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