Ouresiphoites Helveticus, sive, Itinera per Helvetiae alpinas regiones facta annis MDCCII, MDCCIII, MDCCIV, MDCCV, MDCCVI, MDCCVII, MDCCIX, MDCCX, MDCCCXI

Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob, 1672-1733 · 1723 · Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] : Typis ac sumptibus Petri Vander Aa · 23 pictures

Ouresiphoites Helveticus is a 1723 Leiden travel account by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, printed by Pieter van der Aa, recording his journeys through the Swiss Alps from 1702 to 1711 for a learned readership. The engraved plates show craggy mountain passes, rows of stylised pine trees, a walled town beside a river and a steep gorge with a narrow track, rendered in fine line and soft shading that suggests how to draw rugged terrain and alpine scenery.

Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob, 1672-1733 · Hiking · Natural history · Monsters · Curiosities and wonders · Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob, 1672-1733 -- Travel -- Switzerland -- Alps, Swiss · Hiking -- Switzerland -- Alps, Swiss · Natural history -- Switzerland -- Pre-Linnean works · Monsters -- Switzerland -- Alps, Swiss · Travel · Alps, Swiss (Switzerland) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 · Switzerland -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 · Switzerland · Switzerland -- Alps, Swiss

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