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1836
Switzerland Illustrated. Beattie & Bartlett
Switzerland.
Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for This Work.
2 Volumes. By William Beattie & W. H. Bartlett. George Virtue
(publisher). London. 1836. Illustrated. Full leather. 11 Inches. Hard cover.
Vol. 1: iv, (1), 1-188 pages + engraved title with
vignette and 57 full page engravings.
Vol. 2: 152 pages + engraved title with vignette and
49 full page engravings + a large folding map of Switzerland.
Occasional light foxing, several of the engraved
plates have a slight damp stain to the corner (pre binding stain) generally
very light outside of the engraving. Full leather binding, tooled with gilt
decoration, red title patches, decorated spine, lightly rubbed. A handsome set.
Both volumes have silk book marks bound in, marbled end pages and a.e.g. (all
page edges gilt). Contemporary name lightly in ink on the blank end page,
"Elizabeth Jones Parry."
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