Lot 3509 - A136 Books - Monday, 20. March 2006, 03.30 PM

HELVETICUM. - Reichard, H. A. O. Picturesque travel through a larger part of Switzerland before and after the revolution. Jena, Seidler,1805. 8vo. 16, 414 pages, [1 illustration]. With engraved title and frontispiece and 53 (4 contemporary copper etchings) engraved plates, 1 engraved panorama and 2 insertions with notes. Contemporary half-leather with gold embossed spine and spine damage (somewhat rubbed and worn) Lonchamp 2425 First edition.- One of the nicest guidebooks for Switzerland, richly illustrated with views and costumes, composed by Gothaer Library inspector Heinrich August Ottokar Reichard. - Some foxing and browning, otherwise nice and complete specimen.

CHF 600 / 900 | (€ 620 / 930)

Sold for CHF 1 080 (including buyer’s premium)
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