Versuch Schweizerischer Gedichte, 1777

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Medium

Bound volume with 20 etched illustrations on laid paper, including 1etched frontispiece portrait, 1 title-vignette, and 18 head- & tail-pieces, all by Dunker.

Dimensions

book: 18.3 x 12.4 x 1.8 cm (7 3/16 x 4 7/8 x 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

William B. O'Neal Fund

Accession Number

2009.68.1

Artists / Makers

Albrecht von Haller (author) Swiss, 1708 - 1777

Balthasar Anton Dunker (artist) German, 1746 - 1807

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Inscription

lower center in graphite inside back endpaper: M[?]

Provenance

The artist's son Albrecht von Haller [1758-1823], Berne, (bookplate). (Tusculum Rare Books Limited, March 2009); purchased 2009 by NGA.

Associated Names

Tusculum Rare Books Limited