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Lot 94

TISSOT, Victor. Unknown Switzerland, Reminiscences of Travel.

Estimate: $100 - $200
Starting Bid
$50

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TISSOT, Victor (1844-1917). Unknown Switzerland, Reminiscences of Travel.
Publisher: James Pott & Co., New York. 1900.

8vo. Gray cloth dust jacket, with richly gilt spine. Richly gilt and painted cover and spine. Deckled edges and gilt top edges. With red cloth bookmark.

Frontispiece, xi, 371 pp., with illustrations, with folding map of Switzerland at rear.

H: 8 1/4 W: 5 5/8 D: 1 1/2 in. Fair to poor. Front hinge is extremely weak. Slight toning throughout. Tear on page x, no losses. Dogear on pp. 41. Dust jacket has slight bumps to corners, Tail and spine have slight bumps.

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From the Estate of John A. Davidson, Jr. Proceeds to benefit the APL of Lorain County and the Dittrick Museum, CWRU.