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REINHARDT, Johann Christian. Collection de Costumes Suisses des XXII Cantons. Basle: Birmann & Huber, 1819 [plates watermarked 1811].
4° (290 x 220mm.), 46 finely hand-coloured engraved plates, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 21 hand-coloured aquatint views. Contemporary blue boards (somewhat rubbed), UNCUT.
FINE COPY. The extra illustrations comprise views by J. Meyer after F.A. Schmid on Whatman paper, measuring approx. 130 x 180mm. (plate mark), of Arau, Appenzell, Bern, Basel, Chur, Genève, Freyburg, Luzern, Neuchatel, Lausanne, St. Gallen, etc., bound beside the appropriate costume plate. cf Colas 2528; Lonchamp 668.
4° (290 x 220mm.), 46 finely hand-coloured engraved plates, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 21 hand-coloured aquatint views. Contemporary blue boards (somewhat rubbed), UNCUT.
FINE COPY. The extra illustrations comprise views by J. Meyer after F.A. Schmid on Whatman paper, measuring approx. 130 x 180mm. (plate mark), of Arau, Appenzell, Bern, Basel, Chur, Genève, Freyburg, Luzern, Neuchatel, Lausanne, St. Gallen, etc., bound beside the appropriate costume plate. cf Colas 2528; Lonchamp 668.