RARE AND IMPORTANT GROUP OF SIX TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEWS 'THE RIVERS OF SWITZERLAND'
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RARE AND IMPORTANT GROUP OF SIX TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEWS 'THE RIVERS OF SWITZERLAND' comprising: 'View of the source of the Rhone and of the Glacier from whence it issues ', 'View of the Glaciers and of the Lake of Kandersteig', and 'View of the source of the Trient and of the Glacier from whence it issues' all drawn on the spot by Claude Louis Chatalet (1753-1794), engraved by James (Jacques) Merigot (1760-1824) and painted by P. Vanlerberge; 'View of the source of the Arveiron' drawn on the spot by Louis Belanger (1736-1816), engraved by Simon Malgo (1745-1800) and painted by Vanlerberghe; 'View of the source of the Arve' drawn and painted by Belanger and engraved by Merigot; and 'View of the torrent of the Lutschinen and the Glaciers where it takes its source', drawn on the spot by Belanger, engraved by Malgo and painted by Vanlerberghe (6)
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