GALLERY OF CELEBRATED LANDSCAPES OF SWITZERLAND.
Zurich and London: J.A. Preuss; H. Rothe, n.d. [c. 1895].
Quarto. Unpaged. Illustrated with 125 original mounted collotype photographs. Each page with red ruled border and red initial letters, the plates with legends below. Bound by Jul. Hager, Leipzig in full white vellum, a.e.g., with pattern cloth endpapers in gilt and black, gilt-tiled spine with decorations in black, the cover with elaborate borders in black featuring urns and flowers, gnome-like figures and rampant stylized rams, the upper cover's central gilt panel featuring a horse-drawn carriage and mountains. (The cover design signed "Frei Nach Koller" in the Swiss edition.). Majority of text pages spotted not affecting the photos. The covers quite bright with minor soil and gentle rubbing to the spine crown and foot. Item #24050
Featured in Morris & Levin. Art of Publishers' Bookbindings 1815-1915, no. 208.
Quite rare in any condition.
Price: $2,250.00