EBEL, JOHANN GOTTFRIED. Die Bergstrassen durch den Canton Graubündten nach dem Langen- und Comer-See. 32 fine aquatint views of Alpine scenery, all printed in color and hand-finished; 6 (of 7) uncolored outline key etchings, without the one for plate 25b; folding aquatint map of the recently opened passes of San Bernardino and Splügenberg, hand-colored in outline. [2], 166 pages, including engraved title with hand-colored aquatint vignette and errata leaf. Oblong 4to, 208x287 mm, contemporary red textured boards, spine slightly faded; contents generally clean and bright, with only minor foxing on a few of the key plates, tissue guard to plate 10 loose; modern morocco slipcase with marbled paper sides retaining original engraved paper label. Zurich: J. Jakob Meyer, 1826
first edition, deluxe hand-colored issue, of a work on the topography and road system of the Canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland, with superbly executed views after the Swiss landscape painter Johann Jakob Meyer. Lonchamp 892.
