Basler Jahrbuch 1879 (Basel Yearbook 1879)

Description

8vo. Hardback. Contemporary dark green quarter cloth over green and brown marbled boards, printed label in red and black laid on front cover, handwritten paper spine label. No dust jacket. Sewn signatures. Tightback, rounded spine. Red and white endbands. 18.2×12.5×1.5 cm. Detloff. Basel. 1879. xi, 240 pp. Very good copy. Some scuffing to board edges. Pages age-toned, old pencil notes on front free endpaper, old ink name (dated 1907) to title page. German text. Includes “Description of Thomas Platter’s travels from Basel to France”, “Thomas Murner in Basel”, “The Genealogy of the Counts of Thierstein and Honberg”, “From A Basel Family Register, 17th Century” (which includes information about the Gernier Family, the Zwinger Family, the Just Family, the Curion Family, and the Socin Family), “On the history of the Imperial Mint in Basel”, “Basel proverbial poetry from the 16th century”, “An account of the Battle of St. Jakob”, “A note on the life of Holbein”, “Recipes from the 16th century”, and “A brief overview of the state administration of the Canton of Basel-Stadt”. This will make an attractive addition to anyone with an interest in the history of Basel. weight: 0.7 lb.