GOTTLIEB SIGMUND GRUNER (1717-1778)
Reisen durch die merkwuerdigsten Gegenden Helvetiens. 'London' [but Bern]: [s.n.], 1778. 2 vols in 1, 8° (180 x 105mm). 2 engraved title vignettes, frontispiece and 16 folding plates engraved by A. Zingg. (Without the 2 folding maps found in some copies, some scattered spotting.) Contemporary paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered label on spine, edges sprinkled red (extremities rubbed). Provenance: The Alpine Club (stamp).
A revision of Gruner's own Die Eisgebirge des Schweizerlandes (1760) -- the first concerted effort to describe the mountains of Switzerland. With 16 folding plates of views engraved by A. Zingg. Lonchamp 1323.
GOTTLIEB SIGMUND GRUNER (1717-1778)
Reisen durch die merkwuerdigsten Gegenden Helvetiens. 'London' [but Bern]: [s.n.], 1778. 2 vols in 1, 8° (180 x 105mm). 2 engraved title vignettes, frontispiece and 16 folding plates engraved by A. Zingg. (Without the 2 folding maps found in some copies, some scattered spotting.) Contemporary paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered label on spine, edges sprinkled red (extremities rubbed). Provenance: The Alpine Club (stamp).
A revision of Gruner's own Die Eisgebirge des Schweizerlandes (1760) -- the first concerted effort to describe the mountains of Switzerland. With 16 folding plates of views engraved by A. Zingg. Lonchamp 1323.
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