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MANNING, Samuel:
Swiss pictures, drawn with pen and pencil. By the author of “Spanish pictures” and “Italian pictures”. With ill. by Mr. Whymper, and others. New and enlarged edition.
London, (William Clowes for) Religious Tract Society, n.d., ca. 1880, in-4°, chromolithographic front ‘the summit of the Aiguille Verte’ + 214 p. (recte 212 p., incl. front. - forword -contents -), with many xylographic illustrations (after drawings by Edw. Whymper) of which 24 full-page + 1 colorplate: ‘Mont-Blanc from above Morges’, original green cloth decorated with gilt eagle and chamois framed in decorative black lines, gilt edges, top of spine and along the joints a bit split, corners bumped, in all still a nice copy.
Reference : 30448aaf
Probably the second edition, with a preface. Richly illustrated with engravings, town and village views, landscapes, mountains, mounteneering, glaciers, costumes, animals, railways, etc. For this new edition much new topics have been introduced and upwards of thirty new illustrations have been added a large proportion by Swiss artists they will be found worthy to take their place alongside those by Mr. Whymper, greatly admired in the earlier editions. Perret 2805; Not in Waeber BSL III; not in Lonchamp. Image disp.
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Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.
M. Ben Harteveld
rue des Alpes, 5
1700 Fribourg
Switzerland
41 (0)26 3223808
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Swiss pictures, drawn with pen and pencil. By the author of “Spanish pictures” and “Italian pictures”. With ill. by Mr. Whymper, and others. A New and enlarged edition.
London, (William Clowes for) Religious Tract Society, n.d., ca. 1880, in-4°, frontispice in color ‘the summit of the Aiguille Verte’ + 214 p. (recte 212 p., incl. front. - preface - contents -), with many xylographic illustrations (after drawings by Edw. Whymper) of which 24 full-page with 2 chromolithographic plates, the frontispice & ‘Mont-Blanc from above Morges’ (p.195), , ex libris Peter E. Obergfell, original red/brown cloth decorated with gilt eagle and chamois framed in decorative black lines, gilt edges.
New (Third) edition, with a notice at the end of the preface ‘upwards to 30 new illustrations have been added, a large proportion by Swiss artists’. Front a bit loosening. Richly illustrated with engravings, town and village views, landscapes, mountains, mountaineering, glaciers, costumes, animals, railways, etc. This title was an immense library success and went through several editions, all with slight differences of bindings, frontispices and illustrations. Perret 2805; Not in Waeber BSL III nor in Lonchamp. Image disp.
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Phone number : 41 (0)26 3223808
