BEATTIE, William.- Switzerland. Illustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by W. Bartlett, esq. London, George Virtue (R. Clay), 1836.
Estimation :
100 / 120
Adjudication :
100 €
Description
2 vol. in-4° : engr. title-iv-[2]-188, engr. title-[4]-152 pp.; 107 pl. protected by tissue guards (copy slightly soiled, foxing even on pl., numerous in a few cases, some pp. or tissue guards slightly browned, some small defects).
Publisher's binding : half purple straight grained calf, blind stamped purple buckram boards surrounded by a gilt fillet, gilt decorated flat spines, gilt edges (faded spines, spine of vol. I partly unstuck, two joints partly split, edges and corners dulled, handwritten notes on the upper flyleaves). Complete of the folding map and the steel-engravings with captions figuring views of towns, monuments, lakes, waterfalls and moutains.
Provenance : S.W. Branche 1838 (handwritten mention).
Complet de la carte dépl. et des 106 gravures sur acier (vues de villes, lacs, chutes d'eau...).
Demi-veau à grains longs mauve d'éd. (ex. lég. défraîchi, rouss. y compris sur les pl., dos du vol. I part. décollé).
Publisher's binding : half purple straight grained calf, blind stamped purple buckram boards surrounded by a gilt fillet, gilt decorated flat spines, gilt edges (faded spines, spine of vol. I partly unstuck, two joints partly split, edges and corners dulled, handwritten notes on the upper flyleaves). Complete of the folding map and the steel-engravings with captions figuring views of towns, monuments, lakes, waterfalls and moutains.
Provenance : S.W. Branche 1838 (handwritten mention).
Complet de la carte dépl. et des 106 gravures sur acier (vues de villes, lacs, chutes d'eau...).
Demi-veau à grains longs mauve d'éd. (ex. lég. défraîchi, rouss. y compris sur les pl., dos du vol. I part. décollé).
