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The mountains and the lakes : sketches in Switzerland, the Tyrol and Italy
Title
The mountains and the lakes : sketches in Switzerland, the Tyrol and Italy / by George E. Hering.
Published
London : Ackermann & Co., 1845.
Physical Description
[20] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 49 cm.
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center copy in original cloth portfolio. The 20 colored lithographic views, including the title, are mounted on thick card stock.
Notes
Lithographed throughout, including title page.
Printed by C.F. Cheffins.
Ackermann published the plates, without text, in 1845. Nattali, who was a remainder publisher, took over sets of the plates, added a text and re-published the work in 1847. Cf. Abbey.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 22, 2011
Contents
Konig See, Bavarioan Tyrol
Fügen, Siller Thal, Tyrol
The River Salza, near Pass Lueg, Tyrol
Convent, near Schwatz, Tyrol
Lake of Halls tadt, Tyrol
From the Cemetery at Thun
The Castle of Unspunnen, and the Jungfrau near Interlachen
Chillon, Lake of Geneva
Sion, Canton Vallais
Near Viesch, in the Ober Vallais
Pass of the Grimsel
Locarno, Lago Maggiore
Isola de San Guilio, Lago d'Orta
Gandria, Lago de Lugano
Nesso, Lago di Como
Bellagio, Lago di Como
Lago de Garda.
References
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, v. 1, p. 263
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Genre/Form
Lithographs - Hand-colored - 1845.
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