A new and enlarged edition. London, Religious Tract Society, um 1880. Gross-8°. 214 S. Mit 2 chromolithogr. Tafeln und zahlr. Textillustr. (davon einige ganzs.) u. a. von Edward Whymper. Geprägter Orig.-Leinenband.
Reference : 1758DB
Spätere Ausgabe, erschien erstmals 1866.
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SWISS PICTURES (SUISSE par la gravure au 19e S.) DRAWN WITH PEN AND PENCIL by the Rev. Samuel Manning, L.L.D.
Reference : AUB-9156
(1870)
London, the religious Tract society s.d. a new and enlarged edition (vers 1870). Bon exemplaire relié, reliure pleine toile ornée de dorures dont 1er plat avec image d'un chamois et d'un aigle, 214 pages avec annexes.
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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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.
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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London, Religious Tract Society, n.d. (ca. 1880) in-4to, Frontispice in color : Dog on the St. Bernard + 210 p., illustrated with many woodcuts, original green cloth decorated with gilt ‘nature scene’, gilt edges. first joint slightly split. else fine.
Edition with a Map. Richly illustrated with engravings, town and village views, landscapes, mountains, mounteneering, glaciers, costumes, animals, railways, etc. The engraving ‘Fishing by Torchlight on the Swiss Lake (p.112, handcoloured) For this new edition much fresh material has been introduced and more than of thirty new illustrations have been added, a large proportion by Swiss artists. They will be found worthy to take their place alongside together with those by Mr. Whymper, which have been so greatly admired in the earlier editions. Perret 2805; Not in Waeber BSL III nor in Lonchamp. Bild
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London, (William Clowes for) Religious Tract Society, n.d. (1881), in-4°, frontispice colorplate of the “Mont Blanc from above Morges” + 208p., with numerous wood engraved illustrations of which 26 full-page, original blue cloth decorated with gilt eagle and chamois and framed in black decorative lines, gilt edges, fine copy.
Copies bound in different colour, with different color plates: this is the one with “Mont Blanc from above Morges” in color as a frontispice. Contents “Eastern Switzerland and the Rhine, the Mont-Blanc Ddstrict with 16 illustrations / Western Switzerland with 32 ill., Rhone Valley, Vaud, Champéry, Val Ormont -... Le Léman, Lausanne, the Jura, NE, Richly illustrated with engravings, town and village views, landscapes, mountains, mountaineering, glaciers, costumes, animals, railways, etc. Perret 2805. (first ed. 1866); Wäber BSL. S. 94 (éd. orig. 1870, new edition 1881), image disp.
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