Costumes Suisses
by (Richard, T.)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Zurich: Attenhofer & Cie, 1880. Hardcover. Very good. Twenty-two carte-de-vista style albumen hand-colored photographs bound accordion style in a red cloth folder, gilt. The photographs depict ladies in traditional Swiss dress from various Cantons: Geneva, Neuchatel, Valais, Vaud, Schaffhouse, Bale, Soleure, Frybourg, Zouc, Glaris, Berne-Brienz, Thourgovie, St. Gall, Appenzell, Argovie, Grisons, NIdwalden, Schwyz, Uri, Lucedrne, Tessin and Zurich. The hinges of the folder has been neatly repaired, the cloth is worn, the photographs are near fine and mounted on stff cards, most of which have the photographer's name on the reverse. Each photograph is approximately 2½ by 4 inches.
This item is undated. Source materials give dates between 1870 and 1890 for their production. Rare--OCLC lists only 2 complete copies.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22345
- Title
- Costumes Suisses
- Author
- (Richard, T.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Attenhofer & Cie
- Place of Publication
- Zurich
- Date Published
- 1880
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books;
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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- Fine
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