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three books are stacked on top of each other on a white surfacea black and white image of a book with a title on itan old black and white drawing of a group of people in a rooma drawing of a mountain scene with a river in the foregroundan old drawing of a castle on a hill overlooking a body of wateran old black and white drawing of a man standing on a mountain
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75 - HELVETICA. ZURLAUBEN (Baron de) – LA BORDE (Benjamin): Topog…
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Estimate CHF 3,000 - CHF 5,000
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HELVETICA. ZURLAUBEN (Baron de) – LA BORDE (Benjamin): Topographical, Picturesque, Physical, Historical, Moral, Political and Literary Descriptions of Switzerland. Paris, printed by Clousier, 1780–1786; 5 vols. in large folio, pale calfskin, spine with 7 raised bands, title label and volume number in red and green morocco, triple gilt line on the covers, red edges. Contemporary binding. Illustrated edition with a title page, 2 frontispieces, 5 maps (including 1 fold-out) and 210 plates (including 108 double-view plates). A very fresh copy, complete with all plates and portraits. From the Labat library, bearing the Château de Grandcour bookplate, and the Tronchin bookplate with the Bessinge label. (Fragile hinges).
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About the sale AUCTION: Slatkine Library
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Auction time 09/22/2026 at 6:30 PM
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