Volume 2
Switzerland / by William Beattie ; illustrated, in a series of views taken expressly for this work, by W.H. Bartlett.
- Beattie, William, 1793-1875.
- Date:
- 1836
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Switzerland / by William Beattie ; illustrated, in a series of views taken expressly for this work, by W.H. Bartlett. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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- Found on image 10 / 264…e Ghemmi, with Monte Rosa and the Cervin 128 Freyberg, (or Fribourg,) from the Sareni, Tower of St. Nicholas 130 Freyberg, from the opposite Side 132 Defile of Getteron, with the New Iron Suspension-Bridge* 133 Castle of Grandson 141 The Pays de Vaud, from above Lausanne . . 142 Town of Lausanne 143 Place...
- Found on image 134 / 264 (page 90)…h Wilderschywl, a cheerful hamlet, but exhibiting in its population instances of that humiliating disease so peculiar to Alpine valleys, we enter the defile of the Liitschinen, where all that is most sublime and terrific in scenery is grouped, and concentrated in a way that defies description. It is a pas...
- Found on image 186 / 264 (page 118)…and Unterwald on the south-east. It is considerably more elevated than the Righi, and equally famous for its rich pasturage. On the north-east is the defile of Reuss, leading to Unterwald, where, in August 1802, the Helvetic troops were surprised by the inhabitants of Untervvalden. * Vol. i. pp. 155—152. ...
- Found on image 253 / 264 (page 149)… to them. The ceremonies commenced with that of crowning the twelve most suc- cessful cultivators of the vine ; after which, a magnificent procession defiled past, consisting of Ceres, Pomona, Bacchus, &c., all most sumptuously and classi- cally attired, borne in elegant cars by their appropriate attendant...
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