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FRIEDRICH VOGEL

The old chronicles or memorabilia of the city and countryside of Zurich from the earliest times until 1820, newly edited by Friedrich Vogel.

With frontispiece a. 11 plates in aquat. 2 vols, 10, 857, 16 pp. Half leather.

Lonchamp 3158 a. Barth II, 18238.

It is a reworking of the chronicles of Bluntschli, Werdmüller and Erni, which go from antiquity to the year 1820. Not only were those chronicles out of print, but the author was also striving for standardisation and unambiguity. The views show Zurich (large town), Kappel, Eglisau, Greifensee, Grüningen, Küsnacht, Kyburg, Regensberg, Rheinau, Töss, Wädenswil Castle, Zurich (small town). Some foxing. [37729].