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Lucerne, Lausanne, Geneva and Alpine passes appear in the steel-engraved views drawn by Girard for Delloye’s illustrated atl...

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Lucerne, Lausanne, Geneva and Alpine passes appear in the steel-engraved views drawn by Girard for Delloye’s illustrated atlas of Switzerland, published in Paris in 1837 with maps by Charles Duvotenay. Town prospects sit beside castles, bridges and mountain approaches, from Fribourg, Chur and Brugg to the Basle gate at Solothurn and Kyburg Castle. The Rigi landslip and the Onsernone valley turn to dramatic terrain, while Lucerne’s Lion Monument and the lakeside near Clarens recall commemoration and literary tourism. Engravers such as Lepetit and Outhwaite signed the plates.

Lucerne, Lausanne, Geneva and Alpine passes appear in the steel-engraved views drawn by Girard for Delloye’s illustrated atlas of Switzerland, published in Paris in 1837 with maps by Charles Duvotenay. Town prospects sit beside castles, bridges and mountain approaches, from Fribourg, Chur and Brugg to the Basle gate at Solothurn and Kyburg Castle. The Rigi landslip and the Onsernone valley turn to dramatic terrain, while Lucerne’s Lion Monument and the lakeside near Clarens recall commemoration and literary tourism. Engravers such as Lepetit and Outhwaite signed the plates.

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