Panorama vom Rigi Kulm - Panorama du Rigi Koulm. Nouvelle édition.
by RIGI KULM. - (MEYER VON SCHAUENSEE, Ludwig)
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- Hardcover
- first
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Zürich, Switzerland
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About This Item
Rigi Kulm, Alphons Zimmermann, 1855. Folding panorama in color lithography (540 x 540 mm). Orig. boards with small vignette on front cover and explanations on inner cover (spine defective). Rigi Kulm, Alphons Zimmermann, 1855. First edition of this rare impressive panorama taken on Rigi Kulm (5542 feet above sea level), with a view of the hotel Rigi Kulm founded in 1848 by Caspar Bürgi. Published without mentioning the artist, it is based on the "Toposkopisches Panorama" published in 1853 by Ludwig Meyer von Schauensee (1809-1864). A second edition was printed by the lithographer Georg Adolf Grimminger in 1860 for Alphons Zimmermann. - A good copy on heavy stock. - Imhof 244; Brun II, 402; Weber, Formen und Funktion älterer Panoramen, in: Zeitschrift f. Schweizer. Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte, vol. XLII/4 (1985), p. 267. PANORAMEN ; HELVETICA: LUZERN-UNTERWALDEN ; VARIA ;
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- Bookseller
- Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat (CH)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32261-261
- Title
- Panorama vom Rigi Kulm - Panorama du Rigi Koulm. Nouvelle édition.
- Author
- RIGI KULM. - (MEYER VON SCHAUENSEE, Ludwig)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rigi Kulm, Alphons Zimmermann
- Date Published
- 1855
- Keywords
- PANORAMEN ; HELVETICA: LUZERN-UNTERWALDEN ; VARIA ;
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