The Upper Engadine

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good J. Hardwicke Lewis (illustrator). 1st Edition. 212 pp including index followed by tipped in fold-out map. no DJ as issued. Blue grey pictorial cloth with decorative borders blocked in gilt on the front and spine, titling blocked in gilt, top edge gilt, 24 full page color illustrations, mainly of bucolic Swiss scenery. Very good clean copy, very little shelf wear, minor browning to end matters only. Ffl bears name in neat ink script, Edith Storer, also shows remnant of what appears to be an early booksellers tag. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Head and tail of spine show fraying and corners also show wear. Reportedly only 3,000 Copies were printed. Photos from other sellers on line suggest two iterations of the cover. Page one shows A beneath the last line of text. Information from various sources tell us that the illustrator, John Hardwicke Lewis (1842-1927), was born in Hyderabad, India in 1842, first studied painting with his father, Frederic Christian Lewis, and continued in Paris with Thomas Couture. From 1875 to 1885, he was in San Francisco as an illustrator for newspapers.  After returning to Europe, he was active in London where he was a member of the Royal Academy and Society of British Artists.  He exhibited portraits, genre scenes, and landscapes of California at the Royal Academy until 1899. After working in London for several years, he moved to Switzerland and died in Veylaux in 1927. N° de ref. del artículo 2111-2

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