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WETZEL, Johann Jakob.
Voyage pittoresque au Lac de Constance.
- Published
- Zurich: Chez Orell Fussli et Comp., 1830.
- References
- Not in Abbey; Bobins 1079.
- Plates
- 15
- Binding/Size
- L=FOLIO
- Value
- 25001-100000
- Published
- Zurich: Chez Orell Fussli et Comp., 1830.
- Ref
- 5673
Folio (18 ½ x 13 ½ inches), 15 hand-coloured aquatint plates engraved by F. Hegi, quarter green calf, and green cloth portfolio folder. Uncut. Wetzel was among the most essential and masterly 18th and early 19th century Zurich vedutists. His good representations of landscapes are characteristic of the expansive views they offer and the intensity of the engravings. Coloured plates in order: 1. Constance. 2. Le Port de Constance. 3. Rommanshorn. 4. Arbon. 5. Rorschach. 6. Bregentz. 7. Lindau. 8. Langen-Argen. 9. Friedrichshafen. 10. Morsburg. 11. Ueberlingen. 12. Sernatinguen. 13. La Reichenau. 14. La Meinau. 15. Vue d'Arenenberg.