ZURLAUBEN (Béat Fidèle Antoine de La Tour-Châtillon de). Tab - Lot 270

ZURLAUBEN (Béat Fidèle Antoine de La Tour-Châtillon de). Tableaux topographiques, pittoresques, physiques, historiques, moraux, politiques, littéraires de la Suisse. Prints. [1]. Paris, de l'imprimerie de Clousier, 1780 ; 1 volume only ; large in-folio. Frontispiece-4 pp.-1 f.-10 pp. (list of subscribers). The prospectus (4 pp.) has been retained and placed after the title. Half marbled basane, spine ribbed and decorated, red title page, green endpaper. Headbands faded, tear and rubbing on one spine. Marginal marks of wetness. Volume 1 of the plates (of 2) contains plates numbered 1 to 119, including 1 map, 2 unnumbered maps and the frontispiece. There are 68 single full-page plates and 52 plates with two subjects. This monumental work normally comprises 3 volumes of text and two of plates, bringing together 278 copper engravings. Most depict picturesque and famous places in Switzerland, as well as a few portraits and historical scenes. (Cohen - de Ricci 1075).