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Daguerre Savoie

223 - (Switzerland) – 7 volumes
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Estimate €50 - €70
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(Switzerland) – 7 volumes Almanac of Valais. Years 1902 to 1908 and 1924. Sion, Félix Aymon Lithographic Press, 1901–1924. 8 instalments, paperback, illustrated covers, minor flaws. 80 to 96 pp. per instalment, plus numerous advertising inserts. This almanac was first published in 1901. We are therefore offering volumes from the second to the eighth year, as well as the twenty-fourth year. Numerous illustrations: portraits, vignettes, drawings… - CAPRÉ (Jules). History of the ‘Messager Boiteux’ of Bern and Vevey. Vevey, Loertscher, 1885–1888. 2 volumes, large 8vo, paperback, covers faded. 158, 10 pp (catalogue of Swiss almanacs) and 112 pp, - JULLIEN (Alexandre). Catalogue of French-language works published in Switzerland 1910–1927. Compiled by… Geneva, 1929. 8vo, paperback, small tears to the cover, inscribed. [3 ff], 404 pp. - GOLBÉRY (Ph. de). History and Description of Switzerland and the Tyrol. Paris, Didot, 1838. 8vo, brown half-shagreen, ribbed spine decorated with gilt fillets, speckled edges, rounded corners. [3 ff], 460 pp, plates. - GRELLET (Pierre). Switzerland by stagecoach. Journeys, inns, sights, customs. Lausanne, Spes, 1921. 8vo, paperback, uncut. 138 pp, colour frontispiece and 31 plates. Each of these plates reproduces two engravings. - BORNAND (Marcel). Isérables. ‘Pays des Bedjuis’, its valleys, its mountain pastures, its mountains. Lausanne, Spes, n.d. 8vo, paperback, padded cover. 38 pp, [3 ff], illustrations. A large colour folding map is attached to the copy. - MONNET (Louis). Favey, Grognuz and the Assessor. A complete account of the merry adventures of three Vaudois lads. Lausanne, Le Conteur Vaudois, 1910. In-8, paperback, damage to the head and foot. 164 pp, illustrations by Déverin, Ralph and J.-H. Rosen.
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About the sale In preparation – The Jean-Paul Delon Bookshop Collection, Part I (Bibliography – Scholarship – Bibliophilia)
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Auction time 10/05/2026 at 2:00 PM
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