Italy to Switzerland.- Alpine journey.- The Splügen Pass.- [Clowes (George)] A Picturesque Tour by the New Road from Chiavenna, over the Splügen, and along the Rhine, to Coira, in the Grisons, 1826

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Italy to Switzerland.- The Splügen Pass.- [Clowes (George)] A Picturesque Tour by the New Road from Chiavenna, over the Splügen, and along the Rhine, to Coira, in the Grisons, first edition, half-title, title, 13 lithographed plates by F.Calvert after Clowes, tissue guards, scattered spotting througout, some surface dirt, lacking spine with some leaves towards end of book loose and detached, original pink boards with printed paper label on upper cover, worn and split, 4to, 1826Literature:Abbey, Travel 58*** Scarce travel book with finely lithographed views documenting the newly engineered carriage road across the Splügen Pass.

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