Notice sur Alpina. Terres Situées dans les Comtes de Jefferson et de Lewis, Etat de New-York.
Neauchatel: Imprimerie de Henri Wolfrath, 1847. Folding map of New York only (of 3); lacks the plate of the log house. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 220x133 mm). Unbound, lacks the wrappers. Condition : Folding map detached, some soiling to the title. An extremely rare promotional pamphlet describing the Swiss colony of Alpina in upstate New York. Founded in 1842 by Philippe Suchard and Charles-Louis Favarger, Alpina was established as an industrial and agricultural colony, with the specific task of extracting valuable minerals and encouraging Swiss emigration to America. The text describes the history of the colony, prints letters from numerous colonists, as well as extracts from Tocqueville, Bristed, and others. This copy lacks the plate of the log house, and two of the three maps. The NUC, which attributes the work to H.M. Malten, locates only a photocopy at Yale, made from the copy in the Stadtbibliothek, Zurich. Sabin 55985.
Notice sur Alpina. Terres Situées dans les Comtes de Jefferson et de Lewis, Etat de New-York.
Neauchatel: Imprimerie de Henri Wolfrath, 1847. Folding map of New York only (of 3); lacks the plate of the log house. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 220x133 mm). Unbound, lacks the wrappers. Condition : Folding map detached, some soiling to the title. An extremely rare promotional pamphlet describing the Swiss colony of Alpina in upstate New York. Founded in 1842 by Philippe Suchard and Charles-Louis Favarger, Alpina was established as an industrial and agricultural colony, with the specific task of extracting valuable minerals and encouraging Swiss emigration to America. The text describes the history of the colony, prints letters from numerous colonists, as well as extracts from Tocqueville, Bristed, and others. This copy lacks the plate of the log house, and two of the three maps. The NUC, which attributes the work to H.M. Malten, locates only a photocopy at Yale, made from the copy in the Stadtbibliothek, Zurich. Sabin 55985.
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