Important tinted lithograph view of St. Gallen by C. Matter. In the bottom left corner “dessine d’aprs nature par Egid. Federle”. Published by J. U. Locher in St. Gallen in 1860.
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Important tinted lithograph view of St. Gallen by C. Matter. In the bottom left corner “dessine d’aprs nature par Egid. Federle”. Published by J. U. Locher in St. Gallen in 1860.
€ 500,00
Important tinted lithograph view of St. Gallen by C. Matter. In the bottom left corner “dessine d’aprs nature par Egid. Federle”. Published by J. U. Locher in St. Gallen in 1860.
A very nice aquatint view by Gabriel Lory showing the Swiss Alps with the cascade of Nant d’Arpinaz. Published in Paris at Osterwald in 1820.
Very fine prospect view of Bern with published in Bodenehr’s Curioses Staats und Kriegs Theatrum. Gabriel Bodenehr (1664 – 1758) was a copper engraver and publisher. In 1716 he bought the copper plates of Johann Stridbeck (1640 – 1716), revised and completed them with his own maps, views and plans, and published them in several works with different titles.
A particularly attractive pictorial map of Switzerland by anonymous author published in 1930 circa. This map is covered with beautiful vignettes describing major towns and very nice landmarks along the roads like skiers or cows. Includes decorative cartouche, compass rose and inset lovely views of Locarno and Martigny. Uncommon.
Handsome map of whole Switzerland from the Mercator Hondius “Atlas Minor” published in Amsterdam in 1648 at Jannsonius with german text on verso. In 1607 Jodocus Hondius published a reduced size version of Mercator’s “Atlas”, itself suitably titled “Atlas Minor”. The maps were copied from those of the great cartographer Mercator of around 1580-90 or were reductions of Hondius’ own maps of 1606. Almost 20 years later Joannes Janssonius commissioned a new set of copperplates to be engraved by Pie