Lot 186: [WAGNER, ERNST]

L'Ile de St. Pierre dite l'Ile de Rousseau. Berne: G. Lory & C. Rheiner, [c.1810]

Condition Note:

4to (233 x 185mm.), engraved title with tinted vignette, 2 maps, 10 aquatint views, extra-illustrated with 2 aquatint views and one engraved view, all coloured by hand, and 13 depictions of regional costume, one engraved and coloured by hand, the remaining 12 fine original watercolours, contemporary half morocco

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PROVENANCE

Susan Caroline Strickland, then by descent to her son Walter Stickland, manuscript note affixed to front paste-down
LITERATURE AND REFERENCES

Lonchamp 3218
CATALOGUE NOTE

Wagner's book is rare enough in its own right, and is here augmented by a series of fine and attractive watercolours of Swiss costume.