![[STAPFER, Philippe, author, and WEIBEL, Samuel, artist.] Voyage Pittoresque de l'Oberland, ou description de vues prises dans l'Oberland district du canton de Berne. Paris and Strasburg: by Crapelet for Treuttel and Würtz, 1812. 4° (357 x 261mm). Hand-coloured engraved additional title by Dunker after Wolf, engraved map after Weikel, and 14 hand-coloured aquatints after Weibel all with tissue guards. (Spotting, more pronounced in the text, plates with light offsetting.) Contemporary paper-covered boards, probably original, gilt spine label, edges uncut (some wear at all the extremities, light soiling and scuffing on the sides, hinges just starting). Provenance: 'W.G.K.' (stamp on the half-title with the motto 'Lire et Méditer').](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/CSK/2011_CSK_02362_0392_000(stapfer_philippe_author_and_weibel_samuel_artist_voyage_pittoresque_de050954).jpg?w=1)
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[STAPFER, Philippe, author, and WEIBEL, Samuel, artist.] Voyage Pittoresque de l'Oberland, ou description de vues prises dans l'Oberland district du canton de Berne. Paris and Strasburg: by Crapelet for Treuttel and Würtz, 1812. 4° (357 x 261mm). Hand-coloured engraved additional title by Dunker after Wolf, engraved map after Weikel, and 14 hand-coloured aquatints after Weibel all with tissue guards. (Spotting, more pronounced in the text, plates with light offsetting.) Contemporary paper-covered boards, probably original, gilt spine label, edges uncut (some wear at all the extremities, light soiling and scuffing on the sides, hinges just starting). Provenance: 'W.G.K.' (stamp on the half-title with the motto 'Lire et Méditer').
FIRST EDITION THUS. RARE. ABPC records just one copy at auction in over 35 years (Christie's, 5 November 1980, lot 152; sold 4000). The views include Thoune, the castles at Oberhofen and Spiez, Interlaken, the summit of Jungfrau, the glaciers at Grindelwald and Roseloui, and others. Most of the plates appeared in oblong quarto in 1796, also rare, as Vierzehn ansichten im Oberlande; the present 1812 edition uses new text, by the Bernese statesman Philippe Stapfer, and alternate views for plates 8 and 9. Brunet III-453.
FIRST EDITION THUS. RARE. ABPC records just one copy at auction in over 35 years (Christie's, 5 November 1980, lot 152; sold 4000). The views include Thoune, the castles at Oberhofen and Spiez, Interlaken, the summit of Jungfrau, the glaciers at Grindelwald and Roseloui, and others. Most of the plates appeared in oblong quarto in 1796, also rare, as Vierzehn ansichten im Oberlande; the present 1812 edition uses new text, by the Bernese statesman Philippe Stapfer, and alternate views for plates 8 and 9. Brunet III-453.