"Illustrations of the Vaudois in a series of views [...] ; Accompanied with Descriptions", Engraved by Edward Finden from drawings by Hugh Dyke Acland, Esq.

Document Type:

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Author/editor:

Engraved by Edward Finden from drawings by Hugh Dyke Acland, Esq.

Standard: Acland, Hugh Dyke [Hugh Dyke Acland] Finden, Edward Francis [Edward Francis Finden]

Title:

Illustrations of the Vaudois in a series of views [...] ; Accompanied with Descriptions

Standard:

Date of Publication:

1831

Place of Publication:

London

Standard: London [Londres]

Publisher/Printer name:

Charles Tilt, Fleet Street

Standard: Tilt, Charles

Pages:

Number of illustrations:

12 engrav. plates on China paper and a folded engrav. map (of the protestant valleys in Piemont)

Format :

24 cm

URL:

http://www.archive.org/details/illustrationsofv00find

Subjects:

Waldenses - Return - 1689 - Iconography
Waldensian Valleys - Geographical maps - 1800-1900
Waldensian Valleys - Iconography - 1800-1900

Table of contents:

Introduction (pp. 1-12)

Title of the engravings: Lausanne / The Col de Bonhomme from Contamines / Near Mont Cenis / Arch at Susa / Salabertraun / Prali / The Serre le Cruel / The Balsi / Pra del Tor / The rock of Castel Luzzo / La Tour / La Tour de Lucerne from the heights above Marguerite

Summary/Notes:

Acland was the publisher, translator and illustrator of The glorious Recovery by the Vaudois of their Valleys by Henri Arnaud (J. Murray, London, 1827).

This volume, published 4 years later, presents just the map and the 12 fine engravings by Edward Finden, without the text. Accompanied with an introduction to the history of the Vaudois and plate descriptions.