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KELLER, Henry (drawn by) & CLARK, J. (Engr.):
Panorama of Switzerland as viewed from the summit of Mont Righi, drawn from nature by Henry Keller; engraved by J. Clark. also a circular view of the country, by General Pfyffer; with descriptive notices of the most remarkable objects. Original hand-coloured copy.
London: published by Leigh and Son, 421, Strand, n.d. (around 1820), 26.5x193 cm, (28x23 cm (folded)), ‘colored copy at 24 s. (price 12 s. plain)’, + orig. booklet of 32 p. ‘Descriptive Notices to Accompany Keller’s Panoramic View of Switzerland’, with folded circular view, coloured map in orig. yellow wrappers with engraved view of Lucerne with the lake & Mt. Righi, Exlibris Peter E. Obergfell, in original cloth folder with printed title in ornamental frame, mounted. Spine, corners and ties restored or renewed). Inside first cover printed publisher’s catalogue ‘for the use of travellers’.
Reference : 139047aaf
Beautiful large panoramic view taken from Mont Righi in the orig. handcoloured edition + the extra booklet of 32 p. with descriptive notices. So complete hardly ever found on the market. No mention in the Swiss Panorama Bibliography. The SAC catalogue with a small notice on p. 244 of a lithographic panorama by Keller around 1850, this has nothing to do with the present copy, which is engraved (and not lithographed) and must be dated around the same date as the mentioned ‘Rundpanorama by Pfyffer’: ca. 1820. Also the catalogue of publications by Leigh and Son on the inside cover lists Ebel’s Atlas through Switzerland, which was published in 1818, -19 & -20. This panorama particulary fine in its orig. cover and with the orig. booklet. SLB Fasc. IIc : Panoramen der Schweiz verzeichnet nicht diese englische Ausgabe cf.: S. 461 Keller Panorama 1817 / Pfyffer, Ludw. Panorama oder Zirkelaussicht (1818) neue Ausg. mit Kärtchen 1830 etc.; Katalog SAC, S. 244: Rigi-Kulm v. H. Keller, J. Clark u. General Pfyffer. Kolorierte Lithographie um 1850 und Rigi von Ludwig Pfyffer Rundpanorama London um 1825; Wäber 263; Bibliotheca Helvetica XXXI, N° 101. (Sammlung ‘ECKILA’ = Walter Alicke, Katalog Interlibrum Vaduz 1994); Abbey, Life, 522. image disp.
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Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.
M. Ben Harteveld
rue des Alpes, 5
1700 Fribourg
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41 (0)26 3223808
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