[REICHARD, Heinrich August O.].
Malerische Reise durch einen großen Theil der Schweiz vor und nach der Revolution.
Jena, H.W.Ch. Seidler, 1805. 8vo. With engraved frontispiece with 4 medallion portraits, engraved title-page with the title on a rock in an alpine scene, 54 numbered engraved plates (1 folding) and 2 folding leaves with built-up letterpress music. With the 4 costume plates hand-coloured. Later 19th-century half cloth. XVI, 414, [2] pp.
€ 1,750
First edition of an attractively illustrated account of a journey through Switzerland. The work includes 4 costume plates (2 showing military uniforms, with flags), a description of Balmat and Paccard's first ascent of Mont Blanc, as well as many fine views by J.A. Darnstedt, including the engraved title-page. One of the alpine views also serves as a 5th costume plate, but in black and white.
Bookplate on front pastedown. In very good condition, with only some slight foxing. Longchamp 2425; Wäber I, 53.
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