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ARCHITECTURE SUISSE

GRAFFENRIED, Karl Adolf, and others.  ARCHITECTURE SUISSE, OU CHOIX DE MAISONS RUSTIQUES DES ALPS.

Berne: J.J. Burgdorfer, 1844. Large folio. Pictorial boards. 20 pages, chromolithographic title leaf, 32 numbered plates, 12 of which are in full or partial color. Second edition.

A large (16 x 22 inches) charming folio featuring lithographic plates of wooden chalets from the canton of Berne, including measured drawings and elevations.  Text in French and German.  We could find no copy selling at auction during the past twenty-five years and only six locations for the title in OCLC.  The pictorial boards are worn along the spine and show moderate staining.  A few plates show slight marginal foxing and staining, but a more than respectable copy in its original binding, nevertheless.

 

$2,850.00