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(KADEN, Waldemar):
Switzerland. Its mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers. New and revised edition.
London, J.S. Virtue, 1889, gr. in-8°, XI + 388 p., with 250 partly full-page xylogr. illustrations, Exlivris Peter E. Obergfell. original red clothbound illustr. in gold and black, gilt edges, very fine copy.
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Second edition in english, published without the name of the author, a translation of a work on picturesque Switzerland, orig. published in German by Waldemar Kaden. Well known for its nice engraved views, this kind of books was cut up by the hundreds to sell the views individually, a kind of democratization of books ‘each one a page’ (!). Waeber BSL III/107, cf. Barth 17375 (engl. ed. 1878), ; Perret 2415 (not this edition). 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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Switzerland, its mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers. With two hundred and fifty illustrations. New and revised edition.
London, William Glaisher, 1903, gr. in-8°, XII + 388 p., with 250 partly full-page xylogr. illustrations, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt and black decoration, slight rubbing to corners, extremity of lower spine & joint with small crack, spine with scratch, gilt edges, a handsome copy.
New (probably third) large 8° edition in English, published without the name of the author, a translation of a work on picturesque Switzerland, orig. published in German by Waldemar Kaden (1877). Well known for its nice engraved views, this kind of books has been cut up by the hundreds to sell the views individually, a kind of democratization of books ‘each one a page’ (!). cf Perret 2415, other éditions. Image disp.
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Phone number : 41 (0)26 3223808
