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SCHOBERL, Frederic. Picturesque Tour from Geneva to Milan by way of the Simplon: with thirty six coloutred views... engraved from designs by J. and J.Lory. London: J.Diggens for R.Ackermann, 1820. Large 8° (266 x 185mm.). Engraved frontispiece map by H.Frost (offest onto title), 36 hand-coloured aquatint views after the Lorys. (Without last 4 leaves of advertisements, some slight browning and spotting.) Contemporary morocco-backed marbles boards (rubbed). Provenance : Alexander McGrigor (armorial booklabel); Alpine Club (stamp on front endpaper). First English edition in book-form. The views include Milan, Geneva, Simplon, Lake Maggiore, and were also issued as part of Ackermann's Repository from 1819 to 1820. Longchamp 1850; Tooley 446.