ESCHER, Hans Erhard. Beschreibung des Zürich Sees. Zurich: Johann Rudolf Simler, 1692. 8° (152 x 95mm). Folding engraved additional title by Johannes Meyer, engraved folding map, one woodcut illustration. (Without the final blank as often, small repair in Y1, occasional light spotting and occasional light browning.) Contemporary marbled boards, manuscript spine label, sprinkled edges (extremities rubbed, more so at the joints, light soiling).

ESCHER, Hans Erhard. Beschreibung des Zürich Sees. Zurich: Johann Rudolf Simler, 1692. 8° (152 x 95mm). Folding engraved additional title by Johannes Meyer, engraved folding map, one woodcut illustration. (Without the final blank as often, small repair in Y1, occasional light spotting and occasional light browning.) Contemporary marbled boards, manuscript spine label, sprinkled edges (extremities rubbed, more so at the joints, light soiling).

FIRST EDITION of the first book on the topography and natural history of Lake Zurich. With the engraved title by Johannes Meyer (1655-1712) showing a view of the city, and the fine engraved map of Lake Zurich.