Author: ZURICH. - VOGEL, Friedrich.
Title: Memorabilia Tigurina oder Chronik der Denkwürdigkeiten der Stadt und Landschaft Zürich.
Description: 1841 With 5 plates in aquatint, engr. after L. Schulthess, F. Schmid, and J. H. Reutlinger. VI, 784 pp. 4to. Contemp. half leather. Zurich, Zürcher & Furrer for the author, 1841. First edition. This still invaluable chronicle of the city of Zurich, started in 1704 by Hans Heinrich Bluntschli. In his present continuation, Friedrich Vogel (1804-1855) deals with the revolutionary period from 1819 to 1840, in a series of alphabetically arranged articles, offering a wealth of historical and statistical material. The decorative views show Uster, Sitzberg near Turbental, the "Münsterbrücke" in Zurich, the church of Neumünster, and the new post office. - Some spotting as usual, 2 bookplates. - Lonchamp 3159; Barth 18233. HELVETICA: ZÜRICH-ZUG ; HELVETICA ;

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