Accession number
PML 130054
Published
[s.l. : s.n. ; 17--]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
93 engraved plates, mostly views of Switzerland, with 56 apparently from Scheuchzer's Itinera alpina [Leiden], followed by Pieter van der Aa's "La Suisse," map no. 40 in the Nouvel atlas, ca. 1720. The final section consists of views after Merian, all inscribed "en Suisse."
Portrait profile of Gray inlaid in flyleaf.
Scheuchzer's Itinera includes engraved portraits of himself (dated 1672), Guillaume Farel, Ulrich von Hutten, and Uldrich Zwingli.
Portrait profile of Gray inlaid in flyleaf.
Scheuchzer's Itinera includes engraved portraits of himself (dated 1672), Guillaume Farel, Ulrich von Hutten, and Uldrich Zwingli.
Description
3 various sections : ill. (some folded), maps, plans, port. ; album 24-41 x 18 cm
Provenance
Thomas Gray (with his annotations concerning scenery); J.G. Patrick (signed, 1846); Sir William Fraser, 4th baronet (armorial bookplate); Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Russia, blind-tooled, by J. Wright.
Classification
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Department