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Der Jugend und Bissenschaft liebenden Jugend, gewiedmet von der Stadt=Bibliothet in Zürich, am Neujahrs=Tag, 1773.
Der Jugend und Bissenschaft liebenden Jugend, gewiedmet von der Stadt=Bibliothet in Zürich, am Neujahrs=Tag, 1773.
J.B. Bullinger f.
Copper engraving. 178 x 165mm. 7 x 6½". Some scuffing and spotting in the margins.
A view from Zurich looking over the Zurichzee. In the foreground are two small huts with a group of people looking out onto the lake.
[Ref: 16596]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Zurich.
Zurich. No.1.
Lith. par Hostein, figures par Bayot. Lith. de Bernard et Frey.
a Paris, publie par Vreith et Hauser, Boul.d des Italiens [n.d., c.1840].
Lithograph, sheet 300 x 445mm. 11¾ x 17½".
View of Zurich, the largest city in Switzerland, located at the north-western tip of Lake Zurich. From a topographical series, possibly 'Le Moyen Age pittoresque' 1837-39.
[Ref: 25941]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Images of Brighton.
Images of Brighton. Gallery of Prints. Harriet and Peter George.
John and Jill Ford.
Saint Helena Press. Richmond-Upon-Thames 1981.
Book: 4to (296 x 226mm). pp. 383. Profusely illustrated with b/w images. Cloth binding with title stamped onto spine in gilt. Complete with dust-jacket. Dust jacket worn and a little torn at the edges.
The reference guide to the images of Brighton, with illustrations.
[Ref: 59929]   £90.00  
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Les Étoiles du Chant.
Les Étoiles du Chant. Gabrielle Krauss. Adelina Patti. Christina Nilson.
[n.d. c.1870.]
4to (286 x 209mm. 11¼ x 8¼".), blue nineteenth century demi-toilé covers with gilt names on front cover and title on spine with patterning; also two facsimile letters bound inside. 22 pp. 7 b/w illustrations. Some scuffing and wearing to the covers. Time stained.
Biographical notes in French on the following three singers. [Marie] Gabrielle Krauss (1842-1906), was an Austrian soprano. She studied at the Vienna Conservatory with Marchesi. She made her debut in Berlin (1859) as Mathilde in William Tell. Adelina Patti (1843-1919) was a Spanish 19th-century opera singer. The composer Verdi described her as being perhaps the finest singer who had ever lived and a 'stupendous artist'. Christina Nilsson (1843-1921) was a Swedish operatic soprano who was considered a rival to the Victorian era's most famous diva, Adelina Patti. She became a member of Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1869. The first letter in French over eleven lines, dated 'Paris, 1er Mai 1869' and signed 'Gabrielle Krauss', with her giving permission and recognition of the author's 'Étoiles du Chant'. Second letter in French over sixteen lines, dated 'Paris, 1er Mai 1868', and signed 'Adelina Patti', with her giving the author recognition, praise and permission to include her in hits 'Étoiles du Chant'. The author was Guy de Charnace (1825-1909), and he was a French writer, journalist, agronomist and musicologist.
[Ref: 22180]   £280.00  
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