Illustrations of the passes of the Alps : by which Italy communicates with France, Switzerland, and Germany / by William Brockedon, member pf tje Academy of Fine Arts at Florence. Volume the first[-the second].
Published / Created:
London : Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, [between 1845 and 1860]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by Edward Finden, Robert Brandard, John Charles Varrall, Charles Westwood, Aaron Arrowsmith, Thomas Barber, James Redaway, James Tibbett Willmore, Thomas Jeavons, William Wallis, S. Rawle, J. H. Kernot, and John Cousen; after William Brockedon.
Contents:
V. 1. The Little Saint Bernard -- The Mont Genèvre -- The Mont Cenis -- The Mont Saint Gothard -- The Great Saint Bernard -- The Monte Stelvio -- v. 2. The Cornice -- The Grimsel and the Gries -- The Bernardin and the Splugen -- The Brenner -- The Tende and the Argentière -- The Simplon.
Subject Terms:
Mountain passes -- Alps. | Alps -- Description and travel. | Bohn, Henry G. -- Publisher. | Barclay, G. -- Printer. | Spowart, H. A. -- Bookplate. | Spowart, H. A. -- Autograph, Aug. 1917. | Steel engraving -- Specimens -- [between 1845 and 1860]
Contributors:
Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796–1884, publisher. | Barclay, George, printer. | Finden, Edward Francis, 1791–1857, engraver. | Brandard, Robert, 1805–1862, engraver. | Varrall, John Charles, active 1818–1848, engraver. | Westwood, Charles, -1855, engraver. | Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823, engraver. | Barber, Thomas, active 1818–1846, engraver. | Redaway, James, 1797–1858, engraver. | Willmore, James Tibbetts, 1800–1863, engraver. | Jeavons, Thomas, -1867, engraver. | Wallis, William, 1796–, engraver. | Rawle, S., engraver. | Kernot, J. H., engraver. | Cousen, John, 1804–1880, engraver. | Brockedon, William, 1787–1854, ill.