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Bluntschli, Hans Heinrich (1656-1722) Memorabilia Tigurina, oder Merckwurdigkeiten, der Stadt und Landschafft Zurich. Zurich: Heidegger & Compagnie, 1742. Large quarto, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, illustrated with thirty-nine small engravings mounted on blank full-sized sheets extraneous to the collation, and a large folding engraved map with contemporary hand-coloring, bound in full parchment over boards, paste-decorated edges, later marbled endleaves, 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.
N.B. Third edition of a comprehensive and finely illustrated work on the history of Zurich, Switzerland.
Estimate $700-900
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