Bidspirit auction | Beat Fidel Zurlauben 1720–1799

Beat Fidel Zurlauben 1720–1799 - Beat Fidel Zurlauben 1720–1799 Tableaux topographiques, pittoresques, physiques, historiques, moraux, politiques, littéraires, de la Suisse. (Title of plate volume:) Tableaux de la Suisse ou voyage pittoresque fait dans les XIII. cantons et états alliés du corps helvétique. 2 volumes + plate volume. Paris, Clousier, 1780–1786. Folio (50 × 34.5 cm). (3) leaves, LXXXIV (recte LXXIV) pp., (1) leaf, 368 pp., LXVI pp., (3) leaves (corrections and additions); (3) leaves, 578 pp.; 7 pp., 8 pp., pp. 3–7, (1) leaf. With engraved title page with vignette, engraved frontispiece, 1 engraved panorama, 1 folded outline engraving, 377 illustrations on 237 copperplates (of which 212 views, 1 battle engraving with legend, 1 coat of arms and tomb engraving, 4 plates with coins, 3 folded maps, 1 double-page map, 11 plates with 71 portraits, 1 folded plan with legend, 1 plate with 2 illustrations of antiquities). Marbled leather bindings of the period with rich gilt spines and handwritten library spine label. Cohen/de Ricci 1075. – Lonchamp 3362. – Fürstenberg 46, 101. – An important encyclopedic work on Switzerland and a magnificent monograph, which, through its rich illustrations with views and maps, particularly highlights the scenic beauty of Switzerland – with its castles, lakes, bridges, valleys, waterfalls, mountain peaks and glaciers. The engravings by Née, Masquelier, after originals by Pérignon, Le Barbier. – With mounted ex-libris of the «Aarg.». Minor signs of wear, slightly water-stained at the edges, overall in good condition.