Swiss Pictures

Glaciers and mountain passes share the page with Bern's clock tower and Lucerne's bridge in prints from Swiss Pictures, Samu...

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Glaciers and mountain passes share the page with Bern's clock tower and Lucerne's bridge in prints from Swiss Pictures, Samuel Manning's illustrated account. They come from the revised and partly rewritten edition published by the Religious Tract Society in 1891, which added illustrations by Edward Whymper and a map. The scenes reach the Grimsel hospice, the Rhône valley and the falls of the Aar, and show travellers consulting Murray's guidebook or climbing the Rigi, as well as chalet interiors, regional dress and cattle being made ready for the mountains. Geneva's Reformation memorial and Gap, the birthplace of William Farel, add Protestant history, and some plates cross the border into neighbouring Alpine districts.

Glaciers and mountain passes share the page with Bern's clock tower and Lucerne's bridge in prints from Swiss Pictures, Samuel Manning's illustrated account. They come from the revised and partly rewritten edition published by the Religious Tract Society in 1891, which added illustrations by Edward Whymper and a map. The scenes reach the Grimsel hospice, the Rhône valley and the falls of the Aar, and show travellers consulting Murray's guidebook or climbing the Rigi, as well as chalet interiors, regional dress and cattle being made ready for the mountains. Geneva's Reformation memorial and Gap, the birthplace of William Farel, add Protestant history, and some plates cross the border into neighbouring Alpine districts.

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