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LASSALLE, Louis.
Costumes Suisses des 22 Cantons.
A fascinating suite of 22 colourful Swiss national costume plates, complete with the coat-of-arms of each canton underneath the traditional male and female costumes of that region.
- Published
- Geneve: Rue de Rhone 181, S. Morel. [c.1865]
- References
- Colas 1782; Lipperheide I 913.
- Plates
- 22
- Binding/Size
- S=8vo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Geneve: Rue de Rhone 181, S. Morel. [c.1865]
- Ref
- 9
SCARCE. Pictorial paper pastedown to upper board with title information. Rebound in half-leather - recent endpapers. Joints cracked and worn, corners bumped, boards rubbed and worn at extremities, slight loss to outer paper layer to the top of spine, minor spotting throughout - else good. [24] leaves of attractive colour plate illustrations with original tissue guards. 8vo. (8" x 5.5") *Ron Norman of Hartlepool carried out rebinding and restoration work on this book. (Ronnorm@aol.com)* Coloured plates in order: Costumes Suisses. 1. Berne. 2. Vaud. 3. Schaffhouse. 4. Unterwalden. 5. Soleure. 6. Argovie. 7. Fribourg. 8. Geneve. 9. Berne. Guggisberg. 10. Glaris. 11. Zurich. 12. Uri. 13. Saint -Gall. 14. Tessin. 15. Bale. 16. Grisons. 17. Neuchatel. 18. Schwytz. 19. Valais. 20. Appenzell. 21. Lucerne. 22. Berne. Oberhasli.
