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Switzerland
Views of Switzerland and Alpine landscapes

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 29.11.2025

Photographer: Frith's Series and others. Schweizer Reise August-September 1884 (Views of Switzerland and Alpine landscapes). 1870s-early 1880s. 120 albumen prints. Each circa 10 x 15 cm or reverse. Mounted 2 to each album page, captioned in ink in German below images, bound in green canvas album with black-stamped title Paul Bercht Schweizer-Reise August-September 1884.

The album includes a wide-ranging selection of city and landscape views from Switzerland and surrounding regions, among them Zurich, Lucerne, Brunnen, Axenstein, the Axenstrasse, the Gotthard Railway, Andermatt, the Rhône and Grindelwald Glaciers, Wengernalp, Mürren, Bad Leuk and the Gemmi Pass, Monte Rosa, Breithorn, Chamonix with Mont Blanc, the Mer de Glace (several views), Zermatt with the Matterhorn, Vernayaz, Montreux, Nyon, Geneva, Fribourg, Bern, Basel, and Strasbourg Cathedral. The album was most likely compiled by the Berlin banker Paul Bercht (1847-1899), whose name is stamped on the cover. – Edges of album worn, canvas rippled, pages buckled and some with light foxing, some prints with light fading in edges, first prints with slight insect damage, otherwise most with strong tones and in good to very good condition.