Die Strassen der Schweiz. Gedrängte Darstellung ihrer historischen Entwicklung und ihres gegenwärtigen Bestandes mit einem Anhang: Ueber das Schweizerische Postwesen.
Zürich, Druck und Verlag von Orell Füssli & Co., 1878.
Original half calf with patterned endpapers.
Gr. in-4to, VI + 153 S. (+ 1 blank). Illustrated with 20 plates of which 3 are in toned lithography and 3 folded maps.
Fascinating and very rare work on the development of roads in Switzerland. This is the major work of the famed Engineer, Politician and Diplomat Simeon Bavier and who was also instrumental in the development of the Swiss rail network. Unusual example in the attractive original half calf. - Stain to boards and some rubbing to binding.
Minor rubbing to spine. Minor stain to rear board. Excellent overall condition.
