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Switzerland.- Lake Zurich.- Escher (Hans Erhard) Beschreibung des Zurich-Sees: wie auch Von Erbauung, Zunemmen, Stand und Wesen loblicher Statt Zurich: Von der Lust- und Nutzbarkeit des Sees..., folding engraved additional pictorial title by Johannes Meyer depicting the city of Zurich and Lake Zurich, title in red and black, engraved folding map of Lake Zurich, one woodcut illustration, some light browning, contemporary orange marbled boards, rubbed, 8vo, Zurich, Johann Rudolf Simler, 1692.

⁂ First edition of the first book on the topography and natural history of Lake Zurich. The work is divided into four parts: a history and description of Zurich; the fish and birds of the lake; the villages around the lake; and a history of the region.

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Switzerland.- Lake Zurich.- Escher (Hans Erhard) Beschreibung des Zurich-Sees, first edition of the first book on the topography and natural history of Lake Zurich, Zurich, Johann Rudolf Simler, 1692.  

Hammer Price: £320

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Switzerland.- Lake Zurich.- Escher (Hans Erhard) Beschreibung des Zurich-Sees: wie auch Von Erbauung, Zunemmen, Stand und Wesen loblicher Statt Zurich: Von der Lust- und Nutzbarkeit des Sees..., folding engraved additional pictorial title by Johannes Meyer depicting the city of Zurich and Lake Zurich, title in red and black, engraved folding map of Lake Zurich, one woodcut illustration, some light browning, contemporary orange marbled boards, rubbed, 8vo, Zurich, Johann Rudolf Simler, 1692.

⁂ First edition of the first book on the topography and natural history of Lake Zurich. The work is divided into four parts: a history and description of Zurich; the fish and birds of the lake; the villages around the lake; and a history of the region.

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