Apr 12, 2012 - Sale 2275

Sale 2275 - Lot 45

Price Realized: $ 1,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
HERING, GEORGE EDWARDS. The Mountains and Lakes of Switzerland, the Tyrol, and Italy. 20 hand-colored lithographed plates comprising pictorial title, dedication, and 18 views after Hering. Folio, 452x350 mm, plates loose in 1/4 leather portfolio retaining original(?) cloth covers, spine worn, 2 ties lacking; insignificant soiling or foxing on some plate mounts, plates clean. London: C. F. Cheffins, circa 1845-47?

Additional Details

Scarce edition apparently complete as issued without descriptive text. Abbey Travel 63 note and English Catalogue I, 353 cite only the editions published by Ackermann in 1845 and Nattali in 1847; this edition not in OCLC or COPAC.