Picturesque tour from Geneva to Milan, by way of the Simplon : illustrated with thirty six coloured views of the most striking scenes and of the principal works belonging to the new road constructed over that mountain : engraved from designs by J. and J. [i.e. G. and G.] Lory of Neufchatel : and accompanied with particulars, historical and descriptive / by Frederic Schober [i.e. Shoberl]

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Ostervald, J. F. (Jean Frédéric), 1773-1850, Picturesque tour from Geneva to Milan, by way of the Simplon , 1820

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Creator:: Ostervald, J. F. (Jean Frédéric), 1773–1850
Title(s):: Picturesque tour from Geneva to Milan, by way of the Simplon : illustrated with thirty six coloured views of the most striking scenes and of the principal works belonging to the new road constructed over that mountain : engraved from designs by J. and J. [i.e. G. and G.] Lory of Neufchatel : and accompanied with particulars, historical and descriptive / by Frederic Schober [i.e. Shoberl]
Additional Title(s):: Voyage pittoresque de Genève à Milan par le Simplon. English
Published/Created:: London : R. Ackermann, 1820.
Physical Description:: [8], 136 p., [36] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
DQ841 S5 O85 1820+ Copy 1 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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DQ841 S5 O85 1820+ Copy 2 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3400631
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Map engraved by H. Frost.
BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 is bound in maroon gold-stamped morocco. Copy 2 is bound in orange publisher's cloth by Remnant & Edmonds.
Translation (by Shoberl?) of Voyage pittoresque de Genève à Milan par le Simplon.
Printed by J. Diggens, St. Ann's Lane, London.
Subject Terms:: Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.
Diggens, J. -- Printer.
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1820.
Piemonte (Italy) -- Description and travel.
Remnant & Edmonds -- Binder. (Copy 2)
Simplon Pass (Switzerland) -- Description and travel.
Switzerland -- Description and travel.
Form/Genre:: Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1820.
Contributors:: Lory, Gabriel, 1763-1840.
Shoberl, Frederic, 1775-1853.
Frost, H., engraver.
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