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Title: Switzerland and the Bavarian Highlands. (Title on spine:) Switzerland its Mountains and Valleys. Illustrated with engravings by Closz.
Description: London, Virtue, n.d. (around 1880), in-4to, XIV + 628 p., richly illustrated with over 600 woodcuts on plates and in-text, Original clothbound, gilt cover and spine, foot of spine a bit damaged, 3 edges gilt, overall a fine copy. ¶ Contents: Introduction - Away to the mountains - Alpine roads and passes - The lakes of east Switzerland -The realm of the Säntis - The Lake of Walenstad - The Lake of Zürich - The Forsest Cantons - The mountains of Uri - Excursions in Unterwalden - Lucerne -The Rigi - From Basel to the Bernese Oberland - Bernese Territory - The Bödeli - Higher up! - The Western Lakes - From the Lake of Geneva to the 'Mer de Glace' - Valais - The Lateral Valleys - Italian Switzerland - From the St. Gotthard to Chur - Chur and its neighbourhood - Through the Engadine. The Bavarian Highlands etc. etc. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.

Keywords: Alps alpes Switzerland Suisse-Générale, Switzerland-general, Schweiz-allgemein alpinism, mountaineering alpinisme Germany Allemagne, Germany, Deutschland