Schmidt,(F.S.v.).
Recueil d'antiquites trouvees a Avenches a Culm et en d'autres lieux de la Suisse. Bern, A.Wagner 1760. 4°. Mit 35 gefalt. Kupfertaf. v. Adrian Zingg. 1 Bl., 118 S., 5 Bl. Läd. Pbd. d. Zt. mit hs. Deckeltitel. (Gelockert, gebräunt u. fl.). Haller IV, 228. Lonchamp 2659. Barth I, 287. Erste Ausgabe. - First edition of this early work devoted to Roman antiquities discovered and unearthed in Switzerland. In the 1750's excavation at Avanches (i.e. Aventicum, the Roman capital of Switzerland) brought to light many new objects, including an outstanding mosaic floor; and in 1758 a large Roman estate discovered at Ober-Kulm (near Lenzburg) was excavated under the direction of the author. - Friedrich Samuel von Schmidt (1737-1796), born at Berne, originally became a theologian, then turned to archeological studies. - Unbeschnittenes Ex., tls. randrissig. Bindung tls. gerissen.
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Recueil d'antiquites trouvees a Avenches a Culm et en d'autres lieux de la Suisse. Bern, A.Wagner 1760. 4°. Mit 35 gefalt. Kupfertaf. v. Adrian Zingg. 1 Bl., 118 S., 5 Bl. Läd. Pbd. d. Zt. mit hs. Deckeltitel. (Gelockert, gebräunt u. fl.). Haller IV, 228. Lonchamp 2659. Barth I, 287. Erste Ausgabe. - First edition of this early work devoted to Roman antiquities discovered and unearthed in Switzerland. In the 1750's excavation at Avanches (i.e. Aventicum, the Roman capital of Switzerland) brought to light many new objects, including an outstanding mosaic floor; and in 1758 a large Roman estate discovered at Ober-Kulm (near Lenzburg) was excavated under the direction of the author. - Friedrich Samuel von Schmidt (1737-1796), born at Berne, originally became a theologian, then turned to archeological studies. - Unbeschnittenes Ex., tls. randrissig. Bindung tls. gerissen.
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