[Switzerland. One of 6 extremely deluxe copies] Lötschen

Das ist: Landes- u. Volkskunde des Lötschentales. Text von Dr. Phil. Hedwig Anneler, Bilder von Kunstmalers Karl Anneler. Bern, M. Drechsel, 1917 (=1918), published in 2050 copies (6), 359,(1) p., with plates and illustrations by Karl Anneler incl. pasted a frontispiece and two hand-coloured plates, original hand-painted parchment, in original dropback box, folio.

First quire tender, else good. The original edition (in 1980 a facsimile of this standard work appeared). One of 50 hand-numbered copies on "Bütten" and with a hand-coloured folk costume plate (this is number XXV) and one of 23 copies not intended for sale. Additionally, this is one of only 6 copies bound by hand in full parchment and painted and signed by hand by Karl Anneler, back cover with monogrammed handpainted coat of arms by Anneler of original owner Ernst Bircher.