Lot no. 243
Tuckett (Elizabeth). How we spent the summer or a "voyage en zig zag" in Switzerland and Tyrol with some members of the Alpine Club. From a sketch book of one of the party. London, Longman, Geen, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1866. Oblong folio, publisher's illustrated percaline binding. Third edition of this charming autographed album recounting a trip to the Oberland, the Bernina and the Austrian Alps, in which Francis Fox Tuckett, his sister Elizabeth, Edward and Emmie Buxton took part. It consists of 40 pages numbered 1 to 40 with numerous drawings in the text. A good copy.
Perret, 4341 - Regards sur les Alpes 52-D - Neate T66 - ACL p. 318 - CAS p. 79 - Not in CAI
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- Tuckett (Elizabeth): Pictures in Tyrol and elswhere: from a family sketchbook, by the author of a "Voyage en Zigzag". London, Longmans, Green, 1867. In-8°, half morocco binding with midnight blue corners. Uncommon first edition with 60 plates of the author's cartoons. This work relates a journey through the Austrian and Swiss Alps (Daschtein, Gross Glockner, Gross Venediger, Piz Bernina, Piz Languard...).
Elizabeth Tuckett (1837 - 1872) was an English artist. She was the sister of Francis Fox Tuckett (see below). She died of childbirth a year after her marriage.
Perret, 4342 - Neate T67 - ACL p. 318
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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