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NOEL, BAPTIST W. (WRIOTHELESLY): Notes of a tour in Switzerland, in the Summer of 1847.London, (J. Dennett for) James Nisbet, 1848, in-8°, VI + 308 p., some quires loosening + 8 engraved plates including the lithographed frontispiece and the engraved title, browning and/or foxing, first fly leaf taken out, hw. former owner's name on title 'William Arthur Daubeny, June 24th 1850', and bookplate 'Oscar V. Viney', original green cloth, richly gilt spine, covers decorated with blindstamped frame, gilt alpine scene (deer scene) in the center of the upper plate, slight unsignificant wear on top and bottom of spine and corners. ¶ First edition. A British traveller's observations relating to the beautiful scenery, to the people, and to religious matters, revealed in the following chapters: Geneva, Chamonix, canton de Vaud, free church of Vaud, Fribourg and Berne, the Oberland, lake of Lucerne, Zurich and Grisons, Zurich and Basle, appendix. The author was a minister of St. John's Chapel, Bedford Row, London. 'Rare et recherché' (Perret). Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Perret 3209; Waeber BSL III/79; Barth -; de Beer, 237.
Offered for CHF 550.00 = appr. US$ 587.57 by: Harteveld Rare Books Ltd. - Book number: 7413