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[SWITZERLAND.] Recueil de vues de la Suisse par Suter, Corrodi, Schmid. Zürich, Heinrich Füssli, [c. 1833-1845]. Oblong-4° (224 x 306 mm). Titel and 46 hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary half-shagreen, spine gilt, covers lined with shagreen paper gilt with fillets and a bordure of rocaille ornaments, lettering in the centre of front cover (Souvenir de la Suisse), all edges gilt. Some plates foxed in the margins, else fine.

Deluxe edition with coloured plates of this album, very popular with tourists, featuring the following views: Zurich, Berne, Thun, Interlaken,  Unterseen, Schadau castle, Wetterhorn and Rosenlaui glacier, Rosenlaui spa, , Staubbach, Jungfrau, Grindelwald, Giessbach, Reichenbach, Pissevache cascade, Grimsel, Rhône glacier, Lucerne, Wäggis, Rigi-Staffel and Kulm, Schwyz, Tell chapel, Altdorf, Amsteg, Wasen, Devil's Bridge, Urnerloch, Andermatt, St. Gotthard, Airolo, Torno at lake Como, Reichenau, Pfäfers,Wesen, Lausanne, Sion,Geneva, Lac de Chedde, Montblanc.

A good copy in a charming contemporary binding.

Not in Lonchamp.

CHF 2 500