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Switzerland: its Scenery and People.
A lovely copy of this visual compendium of the art and culture of Switzerland. Johann Theodor Gsell Fels (1818-1898) was an art historian and doctor who travelled and studied extensively through Europe, and produced numerous travel and art guides in his native German which were translated into English.
First English edition; 4to (35 x 26 cm); pictorial half-title, 63 full page plates, many tinted in colour including frontispiece, over 100 engravings in text, previous ownership inscription to half-title, some spotting to first few leaves, hinges a little loose; publisher's original green cloth elaborately decorated in gilt, some very light rubbing to extremities, an attractive copy; xvi, 472pp.
First English edition; 4to (35 x 26 cm); pictorial half-title, 63 full page plates, many tinted in colour including frontispiece, over 100 engravings in text, previous ownership inscription to half-title, some spotting to first few leaves, hinges a little loose; publisher's original green cloth elaborately decorated in gilt, some very light rubbing to extremities, an attractive copy; xvi, 472pp.
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A lovely copy of this visual compendium of the art and culture of Switzerland. Johann Theodor Gsell Fels (1818-1898) was an art historian and doctor who travelled and studied extensively through Europe, and produced numerous travel and art guides in his native German which were translated into English.
First English edition; 4to (35 x 26 cm); pictorial half-title, 63 full page plates, many tinted in colour including frontispiece, over 100 engravings in text, previous ownership inscription to half-title, some spotting to first few leaves, hinges a little loose; publisher's original green cloth elaborately decorated in gilt, some very light rubbing to extremities, an attractive copy; xvi, 472pp.
First English edition; 4to (35 x 26 cm); pictorial half-title, 63 full page plates, many tinted in colour including frontispiece, over 100 engravings in text, previous ownership inscription to half-title, some spotting to first few leaves, hinges a little loose; publisher's original green cloth elaborately decorated in gilt, some very light rubbing to extremities, an attractive copy; xvi, 472pp.
