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Title(s)
[Plates from William Coxe's Travels in Switzerland]
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Published/Created
[London] : [Published as the Act directs by T. Cadell, London], [1794]
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Physical Description
[24] leaves ([1] folded) : all ill. ; 31 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DQ22 .C694 1794+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full Alma Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 54
Aquatint engravings by Samuel Alken; after John "Warwick" Smith.
Map of Switzerland (Cadell, 1789) engraved by W. Palmer. Plan of the lakes of Thun & Brientz drawn by F. Baker.
Imprint information from plates.
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in contemporary red half calf and brown boards.
A set of proof plates, without a title page, to illustrate the 1824 edition of Coxe's Travels in Switzerland (ESTC T133962). -
Subject Terms
Cadell, T. -- Publisher. | Switzerland -- Description and travel. | Switzerland -- Pictorial works.
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Form/Genre
Aquatints -- 1794. | Engravings -- 1794. | Soft-ground etchings -- 1794.
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Export
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IIIF Manifest
Fall of the Rhine -- Reichenau -- Castle of Hapsburgh in Switzerland -- Naefels -- Pierre Pertuis -- Hermitage near Soleure -- Lucerne -- Abbey of Engelberg -- In the valley of Munster -- Thun -- Sion -- Glacier of Bosson -- The bouquetin -- Full grown male nouquetin. Head of a male bouquetin -- Geneva -- Castle of Chillon -- Ossuray of Morat -- Berne -- Lake of Como -- Mont Splugen -- St Giacomo -- Via Mala -- Castle of Retzuns -- Lugano -- The Alps as seen from Berne -- Plan of Lakes of Thun & Brientz -- Map of Switzerland.
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