London, Rodwell & Martin, (printed by T. Davison Whitefriars), 1820, in-4to, VII (title-page with engraved view of Altorf - dedication - list of plates) (+ 1 p. white) + 200 p. + 60 engraved plates, with 2 engraved vignettes (title and tailpiece), clean copy printed on heavy stock, 2 different Ex Libris Charles Lefebure par L. Moreels & one with coat of armes with crown, Original-Pappband. / Original boards, leather title ticket on spine, owners name ‘Revdd, R, Twiss L.L.D. gilt on red leather on first cover. Very fine copy. First Edition. Complete copy with 61 (incl. title) engraved plates. Cockburn was an officer in the Royal Artillery and had studied art under Paul Sandby at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. During periods of leave from Malta and Woolwich, where he was stationed after the peace, he executed many drawings of continental scenery, which were engraved and published in the 1820's. The present collection of engravings of Swiss scenery includes views of Mont Blanc, Vevey, Lausanne, Neuchatel, Berne, Lucerne, the Castles of Martigny, Chillon, and Bellinzona, the Glacier at Grindelwald, the Fall of the Rhine near Schaffhausen, Lakes of Brientz, Zug, and Lowertz, etc. - 'Major Cockburn is said to have been the first to use a camera lucida (chambre claire) in making his drawings and sketches in the Alps' (de Beer). Barth 17345; Wäber BSL III/58; Perret II/1042. bild
[Switzerland, Fribourg, CHE]