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Swiss Alps.- Glaciers.- Merigot (James, engraver, 1760-1824) View of the Source of the Trient and of the Glacier from whence it flows, [circa 1800].

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Swiss Alps.- Glacier.- Merigot (James, engraver, 1760-1824) View of the Source of the Trient and of the Glacier from whence it flows, fine large plate of the Trient Glacier situated in the Mont Blanc Massif in the canton of Valais, Switzerland, after a drawing made on the spot by Châtelet, and a painting by P. van Lerberghe, etching and aquatint with hand-colouring on laid paper, explanatory text below in English and French, platemark 560 x 710 mm. (22 x 28 in), under glass, handling creases, minor surface dirt, presented in elaborate gilt frame by Sebastian D'Orsai, published by G. & W. Nicol, Colnaghi in London, and P. F. Fauche in Hamburg, [circa 1800]

⁂ Scarce. Another impression is held in King George III's Topographical Collection [see BL Maps K.Top.76.85]

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Swiss Alps.- Glacier.- Merigot (James, engraver, 1760-1824) View of the Source of the Trient and of the Glacier from whence it flows, fine large plate of the Trient Glacier situated in the Mont Blanc Massif in the canton of Valais, Switzerland, after a drawing made on the spot by Châtelet, and a painting by P. van Lerberghe, etching and aquatint with hand-colouring on laid paper, explanatory text below in English and French, platemark 560 x 710 mm. (22 x 28 in), under glass, handling creases, minor surface dirt, presented in elaborate gilt frame by Sebastian D'Orsai, published by G. & W. Nicol, Colnaghi in London, and P. F. Fauche in Hamburg, [circa 1800]

⁂ Scarce. Another impression is held in King George III's Topographical Collection [see BL Maps K.Top.76.85]

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