Lot no. 252
X. Schönheiten der Alpenstrassen. Bern, Schweizerische Oberpostdirektion, 1927-1928. 3 issues, leaves in publisher's folio folders. First edition, printed in an edition of 300 numbered copies (no. 58). An important collection of 37 engravings of Alpine landscapes by leading Swiss artists. The first series comprises four lithographs by G. François (Col du Pilon and Col des Mosses), two woodcuts and an etching by Edmond Bille (Grand Saint-Bernard, Val d'Anniviers), two etchings and a lithograph by Édouard Vallet (Val d'Hérens) and four lithographs by P. Burckhardt (Simplon). The second series comprises eight lithographs by Cuno Amiet (Grimsel), two lithographs by Max Böhlen and two drypoints by Herold Howald. The third series comprises one lithograph by Hans Beat Wieland (Klausen), three lithographs by Alfred Heinrich Pellegrini (San Bernardino), four lithographs by Victor Surbek (San Bernardino) and three lithographs by Giovanni Giacometti. Fine set, rare complete.
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