Stapfer, Philipp Albert, 1766-1840, Voyage pittoresque de l'Oberland, ou, Description de vues prises dans l'Oberland, district du canton de Berne , MDCCCXII [1812]
- Title(s):
- Voyage pittoresque de l'Oberland, ou, Description de vues prises dans l'Oberland, district du canton de Berne : accompagnée de notices historiques et topographiques : avec quinze planches coloriées; et une carte itinéraire.
- Additional Title(s):
Voyage pittoresque de l'Oberland
Description de vues prises dans l'Oberland, district du canton de Berne- Published/Created:
- A Paris : Chez Treuttel et Würtz, Rue de Lille, no. 17; et à Strasbourg, même Maison de Commerce, MDCCCXII [1812]
- Physical Description:
- [8], 90, [2] p., [16] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 35 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsDQ407.6 V69 1812+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3589020
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Attributed to Philipp Albert Stapfer. Cf. Brunet.
British Art Center copy has 16 leaves of plates. The map is engraved; the remaining 15 plates are colored aquatints. British Art Center copy has, tipped in and on smaller paper, a variant etched (and uncolored) state of each of the final 14 plates. Many of the etchings are signed: S. Weibel fecit [i.e. Jakob Samuel Weibel]. Some of the signings are dates 1792 or 1793.
"De l'Imprimerie de Crapelet"--Verso of half-title.
Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.), v. 5, 1379
BAC: British Art Center copy has bookplate of James Frothingham Hunnewell. Unopened. Bound in quarter cloth. - Subject Terms:
- Alps, Swiss (Switzerland) -- Description and travel.Bern (Switzerland : Canton) -- Description and travel.Bernese Alps (Switzerland) -- Description and travel.Engraving -- Specimens -- 1812.Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1812.Hunnewell, James Frothingham -- Bookplate.Mountains -- Switzerland.Switzerland -- Description and travel.
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1812.
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