Prev / Next

Books, Autographs & Prints

Wednesday 18 November 2020, 10:30 AM • Rome

593

Svizzera - La Farina, Giuseppe

Historic and artistic Switzerland, 1842

Estimate

€ 150 - 250

Sold

€ 179

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Florence, Bardi, 1842-43. In 8 large. 2 vols. 96 (of 100) plates outside the text including frontispiece engraved on steel, blooms, contemporary half leather binding, backs embossed in gold with scroll motifs, author and title.

Specialist Notes

First edition in Italian. Important report on the Alpine and Swiss regions by the patriot and scholar from Messina who later became Minister of Education in the early years of the Kingdom. The plates are engraved by Wallis, Cousen and others from drawings by Bartlett, the great master of 19th century landscape depiction.