Switzerland. Illustrated in a Series of Views
Taken Expressly for This Work. 2 Volumes. By William Beattie
& W. H. Bartlett. [Publisher: George Virtue, London. 1836] Full
leather. Illustrated.
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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