BAUD-BOVY (Daniel). Peasant art in Switzerland. London, The Studio, 1924. In-4°, publisher's cloth binding, gilt title on spine and front cover (hinges fragile). First English edition, illustrated with 430 reproductions, including 14 colour plates glued and mounted hors-texte. A fine work devoted to folk art in Switzerland. Daniel Baud-Bovy (Geneva 1870 - 1958) was the son of the painter Auguste Baud-Bovy. After working with the Symbolists in Paris, he returned to Geneva, where he was curator of the Musée Rath and director of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. A poet, writer and art critic (author of Peintres genevois in 1903-1904, Vacances d'artistes in 1909, L'art populaire en Suisse in 1924, Les maîtres de la gravure suisse in 1935), he was also a good mountaineer: in 1913, he and F. Boissonnas made the 1st ascent of the highest peak of Olympus. He published several works on the Alps: À