1829 The BATTLE of SEMPACH [1386] with Plan and hand coloured vignette - Book

Fine Pamphlet on the Battle of SEMPACH, a decisive Swiss victory in which Duke Leopold and numerous Austrian nobles died. The victory helped turn the loosely allied Swiss Confederation into a more unified nation and is seen as a turning point in the growth of Switzerland.

Illustrated with an exquisite hand coloured vignette by Franz Hegi and a copper engraved plan of the Battle Field.

Publish by the Feuerwerkereien-Gesellschaft in Zurich 1829.

16 pages.

Original printed wrappers.