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Object Type: book; print
Museum number: 1958,0712.3108.1-36
Title: Object: Description de tous les cantons, villes, bourgs, villages, et autres particularités du pays des Suisses avec une briève forme de leur République
Description: Book containing 35 views of Swiss towns, with a title-page, table of contents, a preface, a description of Switzerland, explanation of the individual prints, and a folded map of Switzerland; bound in vellum Etchings, individually titled as follows: 1) A folded map of Switzerland, titled 'Carte generale des treize cantons de Suisse, Vallay ligues Grise, Maison-Dieu & Valteline.' 2) 'Ury.' 3) 'Schwitz.' 4) 'Underwald.' 5) 'Lucerne' 6) 'Zurich.' 7) 'Zug.' 8) 'Glaris.' 9) 'Berne.' 10) 'Fribourg.' 11) 'Soleurre.' 12) 'Basle' 13) 'Schafhouse' 14) 'Appenzel.' 15) 'Sainct Gal.' 16) 'Chur.' 17) 'Pleurs abismée.' 18) 'Syon.' 19) 'Biel.' 20) 'Bremgarten.' 21) 'Baden.' 22) 'Klinguenau.' 23) 'Keiserstul.' 24) 'Rapperswil.' 25) 'Thun' 26) 'Constance' 27) 'Araw' 28) 'Bruck.' 29) 'Zofingen.' 30) 'Burgdorf.' 31) 'Arberg' 32) 'Eglissaw.' 33) 'Stein sur le Rhein.' 34) 'Winterthur.' 35) 'Lindav.' 36) 'Lichstal'
Producer name: After: Nicolas Tassin; Published by: Sébastien Cramoisy
School/style
Production date: 1635
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 105 millimetres (approx. size of image); Height: 160 millimetres (book); Width: 150 millimetres; Width: 225 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The title-page is inscribed 'Carte generale de tous les cantons des Suisses & pays circonvoisins leurs alliez, avec les principales villes, bourgs et villages qui en despendent.' Therefore, it presumably refers to the map, not to the publication as such.
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Altdorf; Topographic representation of: Schwyz (town); Topographic representation of: Stans; Topographic representation of: Lucerne (city); Topographic representation of: Zürich (city); Topographic representation of: Zug (town); Topographic representation of: Glarus (town); Topographic representation of: Bern (city); Topographic representation of: Fribourg (town); Topographic representation of: Solothurn; Topographic representation of: Basel; Topographic representation of: Schaffhausen (town); Topographic representation of: Appenzell; Topographic representation of: St Gallen (city); Topographic representation of: Chur; Topographic representation of: Sitten; Topographic representation of: Piuro; Topographic representation of: Biel; Topographic representation of: Bremgarten; Topographic representation of: Baden (Switzerland); Topographic representation of: Thun; Topographic representation of: Konstanz; Topographic representation of: Aarau; Topographic representation of: Zofingen; Topographic representation of: Burgdorf; Topographic representation of: Stein am Rhein; Topographic representation of: Winterthur; Topographic representation of: Lindau; Topographic representation of: Liestal; Topographic representation of: Zürich (canton)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1958
Acquisition notes: UNDER THE TERMS OF THE BEQUEST, NONE OF THE PRINTS OR DRAWINGS BEQUEATHED BY R. W. LLOYD MAY BE LENT OUTSIDE THE BRITISH MUSEUM (Registration Numbers 1958,0712.318 to 3149).
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1958,0712.3108.1-36

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