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KELLER, Heinrich (1778–1862), FÜSSLI, Heinrich (1755-1829). Collection des habitations rurales dans les XXII cantons de la Suisse. Dessinées d'après nature par Frey, Fussli, Meyer, Schmid et Weibel. Zurich, Keller et Füssli, [ca 1825]. Landscape 8vo (136 x 182 mm), [2] ff., 24 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates (145 x 100 mm), highlighted with gum arabic. Contemporary red blind-stamped decorative boards, backed in long grained morocco, spine divided into compartments gilt with fleurons, edges gilt. Somewhat rubbed; slight foxing to the text leaves, the first and last plates, endpapers, and flyleaves somewhat soiled.

Sole edition of this charming series of views depicting rural houses (Maisons de paysans) in the cantons of Zurich, Bern, Lucerne, Basel, Appenzell, and others. Two plates depict interior scenes, one of a rustic cabin and the other of an Alpine chalet.

PROVENANCE: Hippisley of Warfield Grove (?), engraved armorial bookplate, partially erased, bearing the motto: Non Mihi sed Patriae; S. Heinrich (bookplate).

REFERENCES: Lonchamp 677

PRICE: CHF 2 300