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[CLOWES, (G)].
A Picturesque Tour by the New Road from Chiavenna over the Spluegen and along the Rhine [...]
A book beautifully displaying the Alpine Mountain Pass connecting the Swiss Grissons to the Italian Chiavenna at the end of the Valle San Giacomo. Taking in castle, cascades, villages and churches along the route.
- Published
- London: William Cole, 1826.
- References
- Abbey Travel 58; Tooley 148; Bobins 1031.
- Plates
- 13
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: William Cole, 1826.
- Ref
- 5281
Quarto (12 ΒΌ x 9 3/4 inches), with 13 hand-coloured lithographed plates by F. Calvert after Clowes. Original rose colour paper over boards; re-backed in new rose cloth. A printed label on the upper board. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. Embouchure of the Adda into the Lake of Como. 2. Chiavenna. 3. Cascade below St. Giacomo. 4. Church of St. Guglielmo - and part of Splugen Mountain. 5. Madonna di Galivaggio. 6. Campo Dolcino. 7. Cascade of Pianezza and first Gallery. 8. Ascent from Isola with a view of the Second & Wooden Galleries. 9. Splugen Village. 10. Via Mala. 11. Tussis, or Tussis. 12. Castle of Ortestein - Valley of the Rhine. 13. Coira.
