Petits Souvenirs de la Suisse. No publisher but probably Maehly-Lamy. Circa 1840. Miniature souvenir from Switzerland. 14 panels, accordion fold format, each a mere 37 by 25mm or so, of hand-colored views of Switzlerland, including the Staubbach, Grindelwald Glacier, Wengen, the bridge in Fribourg, the Pont de Diable (Devil's Bridge), Chamouny, Chinon, the Chapel of William Tell. The illustrations are finely painted miniatures in watercolour heightened with gouache & mounted onto card with hand-inked black borders. The captions are not printed, but rather written in ink onto the card leaves in French. 26 x 26mm (folded). Original black morocco foldover covers with blue silk pull. Complete with matching black straight-grained morocco slipcase; 'Petits Souvenirs de la Suisse' in gilt within gilt frame on front and gilt bordered roccocco motif on back. Probably published by the Basel publisher Maehly-Lamy; J.F.Maehly took over the company from his father-in-law J.P.Lamy in 1838 and died in 1848. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh. OCLC, 950884199. WorldCat locates one copy worldwide (Pierpont Morgan Library). 118 firsts2024